Gorpcore
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A style of fashion characterized by functional outdoor wear such as fleece jackets, parkas, Gore-Tex jackets and pants, and many other utilitarian styles. uncountable
"It might be the Vetements effect of ‘wear what you want, we just don’t care’ but designers have more than embraced gorpcore, whose key elements have been seen on runways for seasons now."
Example
More examples"It might be the Vetements effect of ‘wear what you want, we just don’t care’ but designers have more than embraced gorpcore, whose key elements have been seen on runways for seasons now."
Etymology
Originally coined by New York Magazine’s The Cut in late May 2017 as blend of gorp (“trail mix”) + normcore.
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