The 'Dull Eyes' phenomenon has captured Millennials and Gen Z, alike. So, why are our eyes so empty?
-"when the party's over," Billie Eilish
The past few years have been undeniably rough, and it shows in the art we produce. As Craig Jenkins wrote for Vulture last summer in his article,"Why Are All The Songs of the Summer So Sad?":"The expanding racial, class, and political divide of the past decade has set off a boom in self-care records... which urge listeners to get in touch with their emotions." Self-care, however, requires an acknowledgment and an open portrayal of the depths of our sadness and numbness.
Dawnn-Karen, a fashion psychologist and professor, coined a theory called"mood illustration dress," that in its simplified form means"identifying and articulating one's emotions through dress." Considering gaze as a form of dress, Karen likened what's happening in society to a"fashion show." Explaining that the dull eyes trend may increase as the pressure increases,"You're a celebrity, you're an influencer," she said.
In the same way that risk-takers and bad boys will always be hot and intriguing, dull eyes isn't entirely new. Evidenced by the rampant Birkenstocks and tattered silk dresses on the New York summer streets, the '90s grunge aesthetic—a big moment for dull eyes—cycles in and out of fashion. Marc Jacobs 1993 grunge collection inspired from Rolling Stones concert footage was a critical flop and, according to Jacobs in an interview with the Cut,"exposed fear.
I offer dull eyes to boys across bar counters. I dull eyes-ed in high school math classes. I find myself doing it for many reasons: to intrigue, to seduce, to reject, or to convey a bottomless existential paralysis.
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