Living in the Dark Academia aesthetic for a day / a how - to guide 🕯🕰📚 

you sound like the best type of friend 🤎🤎🤎🤎 those are all beautiful interests

yessss I'm 30 and I'm so into it! It was always my kind of style but there wasn't a name for it until recently, and it makes me so so happy that it's a thing now!

I'm 45, read every day, play chess, visit my library weekly, basically only DA aesthetic I don't do is dress up in a suit.

Thank you! That’s exactly what I was going for 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Omg you’re so kind 🥹🥹😭😭

That is so awesome! I would love to be apart of a chess club, absolute goals.OooOo and everything you mentioned is very DA, great ideas! I actually got a wax kit since this video !!

omg thats exactly what I like to hear!!!🥰🥰🥰

omg thank you!🥰🥰🥰🥺🥺

I thought so too 😋

I don't drink, either, and have two wine racks full of different bottles of grape juice and mixers. They're black, too!

haha omg I did not know that!! I didn't know the square color mattered 😅 I'll def look that up. hehe don't tell 🙈 we played but I didn't film the whole time so then I just set something up for the end to shoot

Stop mansplaining

@@moonlightbae333 wtf that's not even mansplaining?? 💀 that's a chess rule, the queens are meant to be set up like that...

@@moonlightbae333 how tf is that mansplaining??

omg so excited for you🥰🥰🥰

Thank you 🥺🥺 I’m trying to get better by watching more films 🥰🥰

Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much!!! It took me incredibly long to do so I’m happy you enjoyed it🤎🤎🤎

🥺🥺🥺 thank you!

Omg thank you for your kindness and Same here!!! What sort of things do you do to make your day more DA? I would love to hear!!🤎

@@kylebalmer3396 no, actually, I don't think I will. :)

@@justlanchen I really love writing with my ink pen in my journal! it has lavender ink and it makes my day more DA :)

The huh? 😶🙈

Thank you so much!

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Hehe yes they are just for looks, They were originally sunnies and I popped the lenses out 🙈 but I love the way they fit with this aesthetic and I wear them all the time. I appreciate all the feedback and I’m so happy you enjoyed the video. Thanks so much for being here🤎

@@justlanchen 😂😂the glasses really gives the dark academia classic look and I'll always support you because you make really good content here!

Glasses are one thing that can really change your whole vibe in a flash. I like to say I have a pair for every activity 😅 same with hats

Oh wow I’ve never heard that before. Thanks for the tip 🥰🥰

@@justlanchen No need to express your thanks! I am very delighted that I could teach you something.

Thank you🤍🥺

aww you're too kind 🥺 Im so happy you are here and like the work I'm creating. I love having more like minded friends who can nerd out over weird aesthetics and not judge me for it 🙈

thank you!!!

omg thank you! i feel like i have no idea what im doing but i try really hard 😅😅

Thank you! 😊

omg thank you 🥰

thank you!! 🥰🥰

OMG YES

OooO omg I love this comment🥰🤍

Omg that is the nicest compliment ever. She is my RU-vid inspiration!!!! 😭😭😭

Go to the thrift store!!!

@@justlanchen I live in germany tho😫 but I will have a look for sure!! do you have any website recommendations?

🥺🥺🥺🥺 thank you for saying that

YES! Here is the video :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8eqYasdR_10.html

🥺🥺 youre so kind. slowly building an awesome group of friends who love similar things 🥰🥰

@@justlanchen you will go very far. Keep doing what you're doing

A mi también me encanta Chopin!! I'm trying to learn Italian!

@@jamaisvu8290 Que bueno!! De donde eres? Espero te vaya muy bien 😊

its in my DA playlist I just posted but I dont know the name off the top of my head 😅 OMG YES!! I would dieeee if I could speak Gaelic, its so whimsical 🌷✨

@@justlanchen yes !! I heard the DA playlist you posted and it was fantastic!!!!! Love it! Great job girl !! 👏👏✨✨

haha omg first of all, you are a young person 😅 The style of the clothes I suppose can make you appear smarter just by being more put together but the aesthetic in general isn't about looking smart at all, it's about actively learning and expressing what you're passionate about. You don't have to dress this way to do that, I just dress this way. I dont think an aesthetic that inspires people to educate themselves is a mockery of academics, that doesnt even make sense

Bro shut up😭😭 let people have lives and interests jesus christ..

I’m a nearly 32 year old with a BA in English/Creative writing. I graduated from an old liberal arts collage that is dripping with dark academia charm. I spent hours studying, writing and reading in worn leather armchairs because that was what my degree required; Though I never wore the DA style clothing, earth tones do NOT suit my completion. It is really strange to me to see people playing “dress up”of what was my normal college experience. It feels a bit inauthentic and silly. However, I enjoy dressing up and going to renaissance fairs, so who am I to talk. I’ve come to look at it as another form of escapism. A way to make a normal mundane day a little more interesting. I don’t understand it all myself but it makes some people happy.

its not like I am trying so it's not like I can't its that I don't want. Unlike getting published in an academic journal, that is something people can and cannot do. You probably know a lot about striking out like that. @@Givebackthescarf

I only sleep with a few 👀

whats a DA toothbrush? 😂