Definition of "faeriecore"

JESIKAH SUNDIN is a multi-award winning Dystopian Punk Lit, Fairy Tale, and Historical Fantasy writer, a mom of three nerdlets, a faeriecore and elfpunk geek, tree hugger, nature photographer, and a helpless romantic who married her high school sweetheart.

2020, Jesikah Sundin, Æroreh (The Ealdspell Cycle; 1), Forest Tales Publishing

The movement is escapist, but not in the fantastical way faeriecore is.

2020, Shania O’Brien, “Only this, cottagecore”, in Honi Soit, week 9, semester 1, page 10

Cottagecore is related to grandmacore, faeriecore, farmcore and goblincore — other nostalgia-ridden aesthetic communities that, paradoxically, thrive on many of the most popular internet platforms of the day.

2020 March 29, Isabel Slone, “Finding peace in cottagecore”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, 170th year, number 89, page E3

"Cottagecore" refers to an internet aesthetic that, according to Wikipedia, "celebrates a return to traditional skills and crafts such as foraging, baking, and pottery, and is related to similar nostalgic aesthetic movements such as grandmacore, farmcore, goblincore, and faeriecore."

2020 September 15, Stephanie Osmanski, “What Is the Cottagecore Aesthetic? How T.Swift, Animal Crossing & COVID Are Involved”, in Parade‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2020

Cottagecore has been trending ever since the pandemic set in and the world went slow. Not just cottagecore, there are many other such aesthetics—grandmacore, craftcore, faeriecore (or fairycore), naturecore, honeycore, warmcore, among others—doing the rounds of the internet today.

2020 October 11, “Here’s how you can also go cottagecore”, in The Financial Express‎, archived from the original on 21 October 2020

Whether you identify as a cottagecore lesbian or fall into the other niche aesthetics associated with cottagecore — such as faeriecore, grandmacore and naturecore — cottagecore is the quaint, bucolic dream everyone wishes they could play out in real life.

2021 March 29, Paige Nicewaner, “Nicewaner: Cottagecore: The rural escapist fantasy you need in your life”, in The Standard‎, Missouri State University, archived from the original on 10 November 2021

Diving deeper into adjacent fandoms, you'll find a variety of aesthetics to explore, whether it's dollcore, unicore, mushroomcore, and, one of the most recent to materialize in mainstream fashion, cottagecore. Fairycore — or faecore, or faeriecore — feels a bit similar to the latter with heavy references to nature and a pension for a few of the same design elements, including embroidery and relaxed dresses.

2021 May 21, Jamila Stewart, “Fairycore Fashion is the Dreamy, Ethereal Trend You Have to Try”, in Yahoo!‎, archived from the original on 31 May 2021

And for those looking to take the cottagecore theme a bit further with a faeriecore theme, Andrew says, “We have created custom packages just for LeFay brides and grooms so that their magical fantasy comes to life.

2022 February, Shayda Windle, “Cottagecore Fantasie Come to Life at LeFay Cottage”, in Middleburg Life, volume 39, number 2, Greenhill Media LLC, page 25