Witchcore is an aesthetic centered around the themes of witchcraft. It often involves how to perform spells, magic, or gem collecting. It has some elements of Cottagecore or Naturecore since some of the aesthetic revolves around the outdoor setting.
Contents
Visuals
Witchcore visuals vary by type of witchcraft; however, there are patterns of objects and places frequently involved in witchcraft and witchcore as an aesthetic. Here is a general list of such items:
- Glass bottles
- Smaller potion bottles
- Plants, especially flowers
- Succulents
- Bouquets
- Herbs
- Dried plants
- Mushrooms
- Moss
- Forests
- Fields of flowers
- Seashells
- Candles
- Lanterns
- Tarot cards
- Wands
- Books, especially aged, leather-bound, and/or related to witchcraft
- Crystals
- Crystal balls
- Potions
- Smoke
- Tea
- Butterflies
- Cats
- Owls
- Frogs
- Skulls, human and animal
- Moon, sun, and planet imagery
- Bread, especially homemade and freshly-baked
- Old buildings and architecture
Websites & Stores
Resources
A list of external links to help get a better understanding of this aesthetic.
- Rookie Magazine Article on Homemade Shrines
- Rookie Magazine Article on an installation at Urban Outfitters LA Outlet
Pinterest Boards
- Aesthetic inspiration: Witchcore by Rainbow
- Witchcore by Sluggy
- witchcore by Meg O'Connor
- Witchcraft by Silverz
Fashion
General Themes
- Vintage white wedding dresses and nightgowns
- Homemade flower crowns (see Rookie tutorial) that are often adorned with leftover craft materials such as pipe cleaners, alphabet beads, googly eyes, etc.
- Creeper shoes
Interior Design
See the numerous room inspiration/tutorial pieces published by Tavi Gevinson and Rookie: room inspiration part 1 by Tavi, room inspiration part 2 by Tavi, How to Make Your Room Look Like a Movie by Tavi. Key pointers included:
- Antiques from thrift stores/charity shops arranged on shelves/dressers
- Vintage lingerie as decoration
- Intentional and pretty mess
- Shrines (see above)
- Confetti
Media
Books
- All Souls Trilogy
Movies
- Halloweentown
- Harry Potter
- Fantastic Beasts
- Hocus Pocus
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Mary and the Witch's Flower
- Matilda
- Practical Magic
- The Craft
- Gwen
- The Witch
- The Love Witch
TV
- Bewitched
- Good Witch
- Little Witch Academia
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Sabrina The Teenage Witch
- Flying Witch
- The Owl House
- Wandering Witch/The Journey of Elaina
- The Addams Family
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Nowhere Boys
- Locke and Key
Manga/Comics/Webtoon
- Aerial Magic
- Hooky
- Lumine
- Little Witch Academia
- Ran's Grey World
- Muted
Characters
- Sieglinde Sullivan - Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
Music
Playlists
- 🍄🌿witchcore🐌🌱 by ~ cav ~ (This playlist is collaborative, feel free to add any songs you feel fit.)
- witchcore by bashfulbaker
- Witchcore by dirgethewitch
- WiTcHCoRe by Luna Malyna
- witchcore by cricketistheparty
- witchcore by Jaidan Charters
- Witchcore by Rowan
- 🧚♀️ by Jessica Ní HÓgáin
- metal dreams for pagan teens by brookeroling
Subgenres
Teen Witch
Teen Witch was an aesthetic pioneered in the early 2010s and popularised by the online magazine, Rookie.
The aesthetic revolved around a mixture of alternative media popular with teenage girls and the iconography of Catholics and Pagans. This includes shrines, crosses, inverted crosses, Ouija boards, and white dresses. The imagery referenced in this aesthetic often sat closely with the interests of Tavi Gevinson (teenage editor of Rookie Magazine) and Petra Collins, a photographer who produced many editorials for the publication.
