Of all the alternative styles I've been researching for this series, there are the most stereotypes related to Goth. I was a little reluctant to write about Goth because of those stereotypes and because I'm a protective parent. My son and his friends are the local "Otaku" - enthusiastic Japanese Animation Fans or Anime. The girls in the Otaku are heavily into Gothic Lolita which is part of the Lolita fashion.
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Above is the Gothic Lolita look and below is the Lolita fashion. The Gothic Lolita has lots of black with a punch of red, plaid, white.
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(Photos above from Wikipedia)
Japanese Lolita fashion has its roots in the U.S. Victorian styles - during the 1800's the Victorian Gothic novel full of ghosts, mystery and monsters such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was popular fiction.
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(Photo Credit: From Wikipedia Boris Karloff as Frankenstein)
The look of silent films starts influence the look of Victorian Goth - below is a picture of early Hollywood star Theda Bara.
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So the teenagers who practically live in my house (I think they only come because I'll feed them! :-) wear the creepy cute fashion. They are the inspiration for the Goth Kid series - like the real kids, they're sweet with big hearts - and an edge that not everyone understands.
What was the edgiest style you ever wore?
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2 comments:
edgiest style I ever wore - purple hair, without a doubt.
Hi Age!
We would have been friends - my hair was cut to 1/2 inch all over my head and sticking straight up! What a great shocker that was and was definitely the edgiest style I ever wore :-)
Ramones Forever!
Cindy
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