If you’ve been on TikTok or Instagram lately, chances are your scroll has been interrupted by a tiny, naked baby in a mushroom hat — or maybe a pineapple, a frog, or even a slice of cake.

While the Murano was, well, mushrooming on my Instagram, cottagecore — an aesthetic that I’d describe as mushroom-foraging-woodland-nymph-in-a-nap-dress – was taking over my TikTok and ...