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GOTHIC FASHION
Gothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the Gothsubculture, known as Goths. It is stereotyped as a dark, sometimesmorbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical gothic fashionincludes dyed black hair, dark eyeliner, black fingernails, blackclothes, spikes, piercings (such as flesh tunnels or surface to surface)and chains. Styles are often borrowed from the Elizabethans and Victorians. The extent to which goths hold to this stereotype varies,though virtually all Goths wear some of these elements.
Gothic Fashion as extension of identity
Gothic fashion is a part of the identity practices of the gothsubculture. As such, a person's style (including their clothing, hair,makeup, and accessories), is a major factor in determining whetherthe person will be perceived as "authentic" by others in thesubculture. This is not particular to goth; rather, it is a feature of many subcultures. Members of the subculture may and often dohave different ideas about what constitutes gothic fashion thanmembers of the population at large, and some styles which read as"goth" to many people are seen as "outsider" by those in the scene. Inhis book Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture (Berg Publishers Ltd.,Oxford, 2002), Paul Hodkinson talks about goths using their fashionchoices to demonstrate commitment to the subculture. In particular,he asserts that more extreme, less easily concealed choices - such asdyeing one's hair or shaving part of it off - demonstrate greatercommitment.
Typical look and colours
Typical goth dress usually consists of black clothing accessorizedwith silver and/or pewter, but can vary in the colour-schemes. Thestereotypical gothic outfit, sometimes referred to as the "romantic"look, is limited only by what the wearer thinks he\or she can pulloff, and can (and frequently does) include elaborate gowns andcorsets, veils, eyeliner, black fingernails, fishnets, and stylesborrowed from the Elizabethans and Victorians and anything
Gothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the Gothsubculture, known as Goths. It is stereotyped as a dark, sometimesmorbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical gothic fashionincludes dyed black hair, dark eyeliner, black fingernails, blackclothes, spikes, piercings (such as flesh tunnels or surface to surface)and chains. Styles are often borrowed from the Elizabethans and Victorians. The extent to which goths hold to this stereotype varies,though virtually all Goths wear some of these elements.
Gothic Fashion as extension of identity
Gothic fashion is a part of the identity practices of the gothsubculture. As such, a person's style (including their clothing, hair,makeup, and accessories), is a major factor in determining whetherthe person will be perceived as "authentic" by others in thesubculture. This is not particular to goth; rather, it is a feature of many subcultures. Members of the subculture may and often dohave different ideas about what constitutes gothic fashion thanmembers of the population at large, and some styles which read as"goth" to many people are seen as "outsider" by those in the scene. Inhis book Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture (Berg Publishers Ltd.,Oxford, 2002), Paul Hodkinson talks about goths using their fashionchoices to demonstrate commitment to the subculture. In particular,he asserts that more extreme, less easily concealed choices - such asdyeing one's hair or shaving part of it off - demonstrate greatercommitment.
Typical look and colours
Typical goth dress usually consists of black clothing accessorizedwith silver and/or pewter, but can vary in the colour-schemes. Thestereotypical gothic outfit, sometimes referred to as the "romantic"look, is limited only by what the wearer thinks he\or she can pulloff, and can (and frequently does) include elaborate gowns andcorsets, veils, eyeliner, black fingernails, fishnets, and stylesborrowed from the Elizabethans and Victorians and anything