Whimsigoth offers a fairytale-inspired take on gothic fashion, birthing a fantastical aesthetic for those who embrace both darkness and feminine, fairy-like grace in equal measures. Think new-wave edginess topped with an otherworldly twist, less Disney fairytale and more Brother’s Grimm.
Maddy heralds a new age for the mean girl trope. She signals a move away from the inexplicable horridness of the cliched popular girl which dominated noughties film. Instead, the character is ushering in the ‘bad bitch’ whose meanness is not accepted but is at least understandable.