Something is stirring. A breeze blows in the late-autumn air, whispering "grow back your fringe" in the ear of every twenty-something who spent their teens obsessed with box hair-dye and the "TRUST ME" part in "I'm Not Okay" by My Chemical Romance. That new From First To Last song streams quietly through instore speakers and you have an inexplicable urge to buy black nail polish and take photos of yourself from a really high angle. You wake up at night in a cold sweat, with an impulsive need to listen to "Sugar, We're Goin' Down."What, you may ask, is happening here? And me, with my drainpipes and checkered slip-on Vans and Emily the Strange hoodie, I smile serenely and take your hand. I tell you, "It's here. The emo revival is happening. <3."We're two-and-a-half months into 2017 and emo is taking over the world again. Sonny Moore is back in From First To Last, Paramore are touring this year with original member Zac Farro, and even the damn President is an emo. And now, the culture has entered another realm – #fashion – because Pete Wentz, emo poster boy and longtime crush of an entire generation, just modelled at New York Fashion Week.Alongside Young Thug, Fetty Wap and Desiigner, Wentz was featured in designer Philipp Plein's New York Fashion Week event, under the banner "Make New York Fashion Week Great Again." And though I'd have preferred to see him in a girls' t-shirt and battered Converse, Wentz served face in a leather jacket, bedazzled jeans and some shoes that I am quite certain are moonboots, but kept to his roots with a black turtleneck pulled up over his chin, in what I can only assume is a tribute to of all the loyal heads who used to hang out in parks on freezing cold Saturday evenings drinking White Lightening and listening to Blink-182.Wentz' inclusion in the show alongside some of the world's most in-demand rappers and musicians is solid proof that emo is creeping back into all areas of society, and the only real conclusion to make is that it will pervade over all of us in the coming months. And in a world that resembles an ever-expanding black hole, there's nothing for it other than to buckle in and get #emotional all over again. Personally, I can't wait.Follow Lauren on Twitter.
(Image via Philipp Plein on Instagram)
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