Gothic Arts

Gloomy Poison

2007-11-24T13:09:00.001-08:00

Gloomy Poison

Black top with detached long sleeves. The sleeves are attached with metal clamps. The top is decorated with two rows of safety pins, a pinned chain and a pinned "Poison" / skull & crossbones print.

Exploited

2007-11-24T13:08:00.001-08:00

Exploited
Black top with detachable long sleeves, with pinned "Punk-Skull" print and decorated with chains and safety pins. This gothic top has tow slits on the front pinned together with rows of safety pins.

Eerie Girl

2007-11-24T13:07:00.001-08:00

Eerie Girl
Pink top with black stripes and black straps on the front. Beneath the straps is a red "skull & crossbones" print, as well as smaller black "skulls & crossbones" prints on both arms.

0% Angel

2007-11-24T13:06:00.001-08:00

0% Angel

Black t-shirt with silver print (front & back). Pink fishnet not included.

Destrrroy

2007-11-24T13:05:00.001-08:00

Destrrroy

Black top with bondage straps, red & black print attached with safety pins.

"Deathwish" - tribal rose

2007-11-24T13:04:00.001-08:00

"Deathwish" - tribal rose

Black fleece jacket with hood. Very pleasant to wear and cozy during the colder days of the year. The jacket has a matt black PVC armlet with a printed red tribal-style rose.

"Deathwish" - silver poison

2007-11-24T13:03:00.003-08:00

"Deathwish" - silver poison

Black fleece jacket with hood. Very pleasant to wear and cozy during the colder days of the year. The jacket has a matt black PVC armlet with a shiny silver

"Deathwish" - red tribal

2007-11-24T13:03:00.001-08:00

"Deathwish" - red tribal

Black fleece jacket with hood. Very pleasant to wear and cozy during the colder days of the year. The jacket has a matt black PVC armlet with a red tribal print.

"Deathwish" - punk skull

2007-11-24T13:02:00.001-08:00

"Deathwish" - punk skull

Black fleece jacket with hood. Very pleasant to wear and cozy during the colder days of the year. The jacket has a matt black PVC armlet with a white "Punk-Skull" print.

"Deathwish" - mauve poison

2007-11-24T13:01:00.001-08:00

"Deathwish" - mauve poison

Black fleece jacket with hood. Very pleasant to wear and cozy during the colder days of the year. The jacket has a matt black PVC armlet with a mauve "Poison" / skull & crossbones print.

"Deathwish" - black wings

2007-11-24T13:00:00.001-08:00

"Deathwish" - black wings

Black fleece jacket with hood. Very pleasant to wear and cozy during the colder days of the year. The jacket has a matt black PVC armlet with a shiny black wings-logo

Gothic Fashion -Dark Tribal

2007-11-23T12:06:00.001-08:00

Gothic Fashion -Dark Tribal
Black velvet top with detached long sleeves. The sleeves are attached with metal clamps. The top is decorated with two rows of laced eyelets and a black tribal print on the front.

Gothic Fashion - Dark Angel II

2007-11-23T12:05:00.001-08:00

Gothic Fashion - Dark Angel II
Black velvet top with lacing on both sides. The "Dark Angel" & wings print on the front is shiny silver. Both sleeves are separate and attached to the top with metal clamps.

Gothic Fashion - Cryptic Writings

2007-11-23T12:04:00.001-08:00

Gothic Fashion - Cryptic Writings
Black top with elaborate print in red, white and gold lettering on the front. The sleeves are detached and in two pieces, held together with a black strap.

Gothic Fashion - Cross of Caligula

2007-11-23T12:03:00.001-08:00

Gothic Fashion - Cross of Caligula
Black top with print and flowing mesh sleeves.

Gothic Fashion - Contamination

2007-11-23T12:02:00.003-08:00

Gothic Fashion - Contamination
Black & red mesh top with holes and safety pins.

Gothic Fashion - Backlash

2007-11-23T12:02:00.001-08:00

Gothic Fashion - Backlash
Black top with slashes on the arms and in the back.

Gothic Fashion - Azen Tari

2007-11-23T12:01:00.001-08:00

Azen Tari

Pink top with black mesh sleeves and print.

Gothic Fashion - Araneous

2007-11-23T12:00:00.001-08:00

Araneous
Black fishnet with zipper and long sleeves.

An Koku

2007-11-23T11:59:00.001-08:00

An Koku
Black top with lace.

Ae·ka

2007-11-23T11:58:00.003-08:00

Ae·ka

Black top with mesh sleeves and print.

Blitzwing

2007-11-23T11:58:00.001-08:00

Blitzwing

Black tank-top with rubber plating.

Bondage Bitch

2007-11-23T11:56:00.001-08:00

Bondage Bitch

Black top with bondage bitch print on front and sleeves.

Goth fashion shows

2007-11-20T09:53:00.003-08:00

As the size and sophistication of the goth apparel industry has grown (Batgear Beyond online directory, for instance, lists hundreds of goth shops and labels), in many places goth-specific fashion shows have sprung up. The mainstream fashion world pays little regard to goth fashion, and therefore independent gothic fashion events, or smaller shows that are part of broader fashion events, are necessary for goth designers to show their designs on the catwalk. Edge City, a large goth/alternative fashion show in Sydney, Australia was run as part of the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in 2001 (2), and the last three Nocturnal Instincts/ Circa Nocturna Melbourne alternative fashion shows have been run as part of the arts programme of L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Week.

While some fashion shows may only feature 5 or 6 designers, others can be quite large. Edge City (now no longer running) had at its biggest point 21 designers and 96 models(2). Attendance at these events can also be quite large. One of the current big fashion events in Melbourne, Nocturnal Instincts, may get several hundred in attendance. Gothique Fashion in Seattle is one of the longest running shows, and most frequently held, featuring two shows per year since 2003. Additionally, smaller fashion shows are often held in goth night clubs.

[edit] Confusion with heavy metal fashion

Goth fashion is often confused with heavy metal fashion, and uninformed outsiders often mistake fans of heavy metal for goth,[2] particularily those who wear black trenchcoats or wear "corpse paint" (a term associated with the black metal music scene).

This has contributed to the goth subculture being blamed for the actions of individuals with no involvement in the goth scene whatsoever (see: Controversy.)

Goth fashion culture

2007-11-20T09:53:00.001-08:00

Goth style's rejection of mainstream values, emphasis on freedom of expression, and challenging taboos makes it difficult to define its aesthetic principles. Goth fashion emphasizes transformation of the body, elements of beauty, order, conscious eroticism and 'otherness' that flouts conventions.

While a member of the Goth subculture may or may not embrace nihilism, many are drawn to the fashion or music due to a sense of alienation, which may explain the style's fascination with morbidity or vampire style. Wearing black eyeshadow and shroud-like clothing that refers to the dead or undead, may express grief, despair, mourning or deathwish. However, this is not necessarily an anti-life attitude. Rather, Goth fashion can be a positive transformation from alienation through self-expression via beauty and fashion, and through a sense of belonging to a community that shares the same sense of alienation. Alternately, the choice to embrace this fashion may simply rise from a far less complicated psychology, and reflect an attraction to Eros through Thanatos, an attraction to the 'darker' side of sexuality. The wearer may find the extremity, intensity or 'otherness' of the dark Goth look or preoccupations to be sexy or empowering.
Theda Bara's look has inspired some types of Goth fashion.
Theda Bara's look has inspired some types of Goth fashion.

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For women, Goth fashion embraces all body types, unlike mainstream fashion that relies on a hierarchy of beauty superiority based on body and hair type. Goth fashion privileges voluptuousness, sensuality and sexuality through its referral to fashions and even individuals of other eras that also prized these qualities. One famous female role model is Theda Bara, the 1910s 'Vamp' femme fatale known for her dark eyeshadow, curves and smoldering onscreen presence.

Like the Urban Primitive movement, the goth subculture rejects mainstream conventions and encourages reinventing oneself by transformation or physical modification. That one may take total control of one's image is a powerful individual response to a society dominated by Photoshop images that prescribe a rarely attainable ideal of a faked 'natural' beauty. With its obviously dyed hair, pale skin, and differently-defined physical aesthetic, Goth fashion is a calculated "unnatural" response to the unattainable "natural" California Girls golden Barbie (or Ken) image.

Goth fashion can be recognized by its stark black clothing (or hair or makeup), often contrasted with boldly colored clothing, hair and makeup in strong shades of deep reds, purples or blues, in fabrics and styles that evoke romantic eras as well as morbidity, that usually combine style elements that flow and drape as well as restrict or emphasize and sexualize a body part (i.e. corsetry or tight sleeves or trousers). Goth fashion further emphasizes the personal power of an individual, as the calculated juxtapositions of elements of the rugged accessories(i.e. metallic and leather), to that of the vulnerable, fragile and sensual restriction of body parts (i.e. lace, silks, and high heels for either gender). Like other fashions that embrace elaborate fashion choices and rules, goth fashion elicits attention from others, both goth or non-goth.