Most social media trends are started by Instagram influencers or vloggers leveraging their clout and trying to get more.
These amazing older ladies have absolutely blown their attempts out of the water, though, with their beautiful star pose.
A video of the women getting a squad photo was posted online last week and – although they aren’t the first to master it – it’s got everyone ready to copy them.
If the replies to the video are anything to go by, it seems the pose has been used by various bands and groups of friends in the past. The origin isn’t clear, but it’s safe to say we love these sweet ladies showing us how it’s done.
記念写真を撮るおばちゃん達 pic.twitter.com/QzwD6HhV0H
— 中国最新情報(xChina) (@xChina4) March 3, 2019
It’s something you can definitely recreate with your gang, but it won’t be a pose/snap/walk away type deal. It takes a fair amount of time and role allocation, as we found out when we tried it for ourselves.
The first thing to do is work out who’s going where. What struck us was just how much height differences can affect the overall outcome, so you can combat that with some difficult crouching and squatting.
You need six people in total, one in the middle, one in front of them, and two at either side one in front of the other. The rest is easier to explain via pictures because this kind of ‘Gramming takes vision.
This is how you’ll start. Your middle-back person gets all Kate Winslet, while your two side-back people hook their arms under middle-back’s and create a point at the top.
You’ll also want your middle-front kneeling or crouching.
Next your side-front people come in, and crouch so they’re standing higher than the middle-front, but lower than the side-back people (told you it gets complicated).
Side-fronts join hands with each other, and with the person behind them. Side-backs put their remaining hand in front of them and link up with the front-middle person.
It may then take a little while to work out where to position yourself so your arms sit straight and you can all reach. Finally, however, you’ll realise you’re in your swag-summoning star, and can get an innocent bystander to take your picture.
A star is born.
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