TikTok Says Winter Isn’t Over Until You’ve Worn a Balaclava
January 20, 2022 at 10:30PM In fashion, it’s TikTok’s world, and we’re just living in it. The video-centric social media app largely claimed its trend-setting space in 2020, putting everything from yoga pants to shackets back on the map. Now, according to a hashtag with over 130 million views and counting, a new, albeit entirely unexpected, winter accessory has taken over: balaclavas. We’re not quite sure how we got here, but the recent variations of the style emerging courtesy of the social-media-fueled phenomenon are so cute that we’re not mad at it, either. The head-warning garment, which loosely resembles a detached hood leaving a hole for the entire face to poke through, or in some cases, just the eyes, wasn’t always the telltale sign of an in-the-know fashion enthusiast. Its origins actually stem from warfare, named after a small Ukrainian town where the…