tomato girl

plural tomato girls

1. InternetA girl (or other person) who embodies the romanticized, laid-back aesthetic and lifestyle of a Mediterranean vacation; someone who partakes in the tomato girl summer microtrend.

   The spirit of a tomato girl is easy-going, confident, and always down for an adventure.

   2023 July 3, Donya Momenian, Teen Vogue, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2026

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   A tomato girl is like the coastal granddaughter's rich, older cousin. She too, is a coastal granddaughter of sorts, no doubt either living off her trust fund or, the way I prefer to think of it, the money she earned herself from starting a wildly successful tomato jam conglomerate.

   2023 July 22, Veronica Vicorra, WTF is a Tomato Girl and How Do I Become One?, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026

   Given the dizzying pace of microtrends, it seems anything can hit virality, then disappear in a TikTok second. So when tomato started trending in 2023 with flush-faced ‘Tomato girl’ makeup, we didn’t exactly expect to the nightshade to stay on our radars into 2025.

   2025 September 5, Erika Stalder, “Scouted: Why Luxury Brands Want Your Home and Body to Smell Like Tomatoes: Taylor Swift’s favorite red sauce spot is the latest to get in on the action”, in The Daily Beast

   I am exhausted following all the fashion microtrends that keep coming up: angelcore, whimsigoth, mob wife, tomato girl, etc. Is this going to continue in 2026, and do I actually have to pay attention?

   2026 January 12, Vanessa Friedman, quoting ‘Eva, Miami’, “Do I Need to Keep Up With Microtrends?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC