Poll: Goth Clothing

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Bloodstain

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ThreeWords said:
Goths can look good, but thats not to say that they all do. Personally, i'd love to be able to pull off a Gothic outfit, but I feel uncomfortably pretentious just wearing my longcoat...
Oh yes, I too have that problem. I fear people regard me as "wannabe-edgy" or something, but I just like coats... :/
 

Monkfish Acc.

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Some people can pull it off. Some people can't.

Honestly, I don't give a shit about the clothes. It's the attitude that annoys me.
Your style doesn't need to dictate who you are, jackass.
 

Imperioratorex Caprae

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Black clothes =/= goth like the base stereotype potrays. Neither does wearing spiky jewlery (thats more 70's/80's punk/retro or metal depending on the style).
No, true goth shits bats, drinks bloodwine and writes bad poetry. And thats just the clothes. The makeup and hairstyles make bad techno with whiny lyrics.

Serious note tho, Bondage is not Goth either tho they can go hand-in-hand. I honestly think goth is emo's older brother, and can't really stand either of them.
Give me metal and rip off your face.
 

Projo

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Gothic clothing and accessories are pretentious and showy. It is nothing but an attention grabbing deviation from the norm, designed purely to turn heads, and if you as a designer disagree then are simply full of yourself.

The style of dress is both unconventional and overly-extravagant, doing nothing but clashing with the norm in an attempt to "be different" and as such stand out. It is not clothing, it is a costume. Any that would even consider dressing in such a way in a public scenario that doesn't merit a costume is acting as a child.

Yes, I will judge the people as a whole based on how they dress, because the style of clothing reflects a desire, however latent, to "be different".
 

Eldarion

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I really like the formal Victorian goth style.

I tend to wear all black and grey clothing anyway, because I'm color blind and can't color coordinate anything else.
 

Truly-A-Lie

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I'm not exactly an expert, but from what I've seen it can look great if you can carry it.
Even though he always tried to fight off the label, Robert Smith's hair is the one gothic style thing that I've always wanted to do myself. Big boots and make up aren't really for me, but that hair is amazing.
 

Doclector

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It looks pretty cool, its just that goths themselves in my experience can be the same sort of "celebrating individualism by being completely identical crowd that I see more and more of these days.

Ps: must admit though, my desire to don a red leather jacket a la Dante (old Dante, dammit) still exists. Think if I didn't put a shirt on I'd get a hell of alot of other peoples vomit on my jacket.
 

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HerbertTheHamster said:
To be a real goth you have to go to sack Rome.
Isn't that a Vandal?

Anyway, I don't know what goth clothing entails. I assume black is heavily featured, and black is always stylish. So I guess I don't have anything against goth clothing.
 

William Ossiss

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depends on what you mean. i, myself, wear black clothing. i dont go to the mall and get tripp pants. no, i spend as little as i can on my clothes. all very plain and non trendy. not this fucking mall bullshit you people think is goth today. why put a label on who i am by pointing out what i like to wear?
 

Evil Moo

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I'm quite fond of goth clothing from an observers perspective at least, though more in the steam-punk range of the spectrum than the horribly over the top, chunky spikes and chains everywhere cliché that seems to dominate any gothic clothes store I see.
 

silenthillXD

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Steam punk and victorian is allright. But I think goths are just way too rare nowadays. Sure you have your wannabe goths that think avenged sevenfold and cradle of filth are goth, but where are the cure style goths? To be honest nowadays goth clothing is just chains, baggy trousers and some sort of band tshirt. It never really suits anyone to be honest, allthough the steam punk and victorian can suit the right person, but not many people wear it properly.
 
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i don't have a problem with the clothing style, it's fine but not for me, there are however, a group of people i know who like to wear goth clothes and they are awful..they are the most awful goth hipsters i have ever seen, i avoid them like the plague if at all necessary.

so yeah, whenever i think of goth they pop up into my head and piss me off a bit.
 

AmayaOnnaOtaku

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Serenegoose said:
I'm in general much more fond of steampulp/victorian fashion than specifically gothic stuff. I like a lot of colours, ribbons and flowing designs and general happy, exuberant clothes. However, I like some of the formal, last century aesthetic that goth clothes have going for them, and I'm very fond of my corset.
I love that style!
Heavy Red
Rose Mortem
Kambriel
Gallery Serpentine
AZAC


But my budget and choice of profession doesnt bode well with it so I leave the Romantic/Victorian goth for the special occasions
 

loc978

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Kenko said:
HerbertTheHamster said:
To be a real goth you have to go to sack Rome.
That'd be the vandals my friend.... Or did the Goths do it as well?
Rome was sacked 3 times in that era... once by the Vandals, twice by the Goths.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome
410AD - Rome is sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths
455AD - Rome is sacked by Geiseric, King of the Vandals
546AD - Rome is sacked and depopulated by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths
OT: I'm sort of a fan of what was considered 'goth' when I was a kid. Simple, dark, practical clothing. Often trenchcoats, generally with combat boots. The new, fashionable impractical stuff can suck an egg.
 

CleverCover

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I know my friend thats a girl can pull it off very nicely. Her boyfriend...not so much.
Otherwise, don't really care.
 

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I'm quite fond of lolita ... I mean moitie is all around awesome ... but I can't really get into most western influence style clothing ,....

Unless it is 80's fashion ... everybody may say they hate 80's fashion, but you cannot deny the coolness that was 80's fashion. If everybody started wearing 80's fashion again I think people would remember what fun was again.