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Gothic fashion. Gothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the goth subculture. A dark, sometimes morbid, fashion and style of dress, [1] typical gothic fashion includes black dyed hair and black clothes. [1] Both male and female goths can wear dark eyeliner, dark nail polish and lipstick (most often black), and dramatic makeup. [2]
Goth subculture. Goth is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It was developed by fans of gothic rock, an offshoot of the post-punk music genre. Post-punk artists who presaged the gothic rock genre and helped develop and shape the subculture include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, the Cure, and Joy Division.
Alternative fashion or alt fashion is fashion that stands apart from mainstream, commercial fashion. It includes both styles which do not conform to the mainstream fashion of their time and the styles of specific subcultures (such as emo, goth, hip hop and punk). [1] Some alternative fashion styles are attention-grabbing and more artistic than ...
Mall goths in Basel in 2005. Mall goths (also known as spooky kids) [1] are a subculture that began in the late-1990s in the United States. Originating as a pejorative to describe people who dressed goth for the fashion rather than culture, it eventually developed its own culture centred around nu metal, industrial metal, emo and the Hot Topic store chain.
To whip up a DIY Harry Potter costume, grab a black or dark grey robe (a repurposed graduation gown works wonders!), a white collared shirt, and a striped tie in Gryffindor colors (think burgundy ...
Cybergoths. A woman dressed in a cyber outfit. Cybergoth is a subculture that derives from elements of goth, raver, rivethead and cyberpunk fashion. Cybergoth was particularly prevalent from the late 1990's, through the 2000's but has since declined dramatically. Opinion differs as to whether cybergoth has the requisite complexity to constitute ...
Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes. According to both Pitchfork [ 1 ] and NME, [ 2 ] proto-goth bands included Joy Division, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Siouxsie and the Banshees, [ 1 ][ 2 ] Bauhaus [ 1 ][ 2 ] and the Cure. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The term was first used by critic John Stickney in ...
Dark academia. Gothic architecture is a common element of the dark academia aesthetic. Dark academia is an internet aesthetic [1] and subculture [2] concerned with higher education, the arts, and literature, or an idealised version thereof. The aesthetic centres on traditional educational clothing, interior design, activities such as writing ...