If you were chronically online in the 2010s, you knew that all the cool kids congregated ... became known as indie sleaze, a messy-cool aesthetic defined by eclectic vintage outfits, overexposed ...

With the “indie kid” aesthetic came the romanticization of convenience stores and football bleachers, a growing itch to see friends in-person — in the mundane. Perhaps it is because the pandemic ...

Sprinkled throughout the mega-pop-y aesthetics were the ... online store American Apparel.) Indie sleaze isn’t just being peppered across racks of clothing at your favorite stores, though.