Did someone say Dark Academia?? Here are my notes on this beautiful aesthetic.

 

Hello and Welcome December!

Literally, I have been feeling so much good and hygge lately because it's December, I just love the weather all around during this time and the vibe in the atmosphere. Also wearing some furry socks and lighting a Hufflepuff candle on your table while studying or reading beneath the blankets with lavender mist makes your day.

Now as you might have seen in the December Newsletter we are going to explore the two popular yet incredible aesthetics of dark and light Academia ▼・ᴥ・▼

But before that here is a crisp introduction for you on the aesthetics if you don't know that already.

Basically, dark and light academia are two types of aesthetics ( something that is pleasant in appearance or something concerned with feeling good). Now both these aesthetics are related to studying along with some inspiration from various backgrounds.

—☆ While dark academia is about classic literature (mainly Oscar Wilde or Charles Dickens), the pursuit of self-discovery, and the endless thirst for learning more and attaining knowledge. It also loves historic and cottage core background. While light Academia is more of something lively, loving your mates and enjoying along with the severe studying core. The only basic difference is the color palette.

—☆So now, here we begin with my personal guide/ notes to Dark Academia.

I don't really want you to follow this insanely without reasons because it does include some unhealthy study habits like studying all night and day, rigorous studying again.

Now for this blog, we will first have some activities that you can do, then some book recommendations, music recommendations, outfit ideas, etc.

Activities you can do that are Dark Academia:

↣ Writing letters maybe to yourself and your loved ones
↣ Studying and working by the candlelight especially when it is scented
↣ Reading historical fiction, classic literature, gothic literature.
↣ Writing essays (just for fun! Or maybe you are curious)
↣ Write poems for compilations
↣ Play or practice instruments.
↣ Journal your thoughts.
↣ Read philosophy, mythology or psychology.
↣ Read late through the night.
↣ Stain your fingers in black ink as you use a dipping pen.
↣ Try to learn an almost dead language.
↣ Practice calligraphy.
↣ Press flowers into notebooks or collect dry flowers.

Book Recommendations:

↣ Emma, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
↣ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
↣ Bunny by Mona Awad
↣ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
↣ Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
↣ The Secret Garden and A Litle  Princess by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
↣ The Shakespeare Secret by Jennifer Lee Carrell
↣ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
↣ The Glass Essay by Anne Carson
↣ A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
↣ House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
↣ The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Phillip K. Dick
↣ The Great Gatsby and the damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
↣ The Magus by John Fowles.
↣ The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
↣ A tale of two cities and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
↣ 1984 by George Orwell
↣ Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
↣ In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
↣ The  Golden compass trilogy by Philip Pullman
↣ Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
↣ The  Mortal Engines Quartet by Phillip Reeve
↣ Harry Potter 1-7 by J.K. Rowling
↣ All for the Game by Nora Sakavic
↣ Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
↣ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
↣ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Music Recommendations:

• Harry Potter series movie soundtracks
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Antonio Vivaldi
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Frèdèric Chopin
• Franz Liszt
• Alexander Scriabin
• Hozier
• Aurora
• Dermot Kennedy
• Mumford and sons
• Lorde

Outfit ideas:

• Turtlenecks
• Oxford shirts
• Sweater vests
• Light blouses
• Cable knit jumpers
• Sailor-collar shirts.
• Cardigans
• Blazers
• Waistcoats.

Here is a nice guide picture as well:

Image by Reddit Style Guide

Well, I guess that's a lot of content already. Dark academia offers you outfits and music just for inspiration so if you don't really get those there is no problem at all because their purpose is not that you can't complete dark academia without them but just to add a cherry on the cake for more inspiration of the 1940's European style.

Dark academia has that feel of gothic and severity but if that's not your type wait for the next blog because it is going to be about my notes on light academia so stay tuned and have a great week ahead!

I hope this content provided by me today was informative and helps you out!

Creator and Author

~Vanshika Atri~

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