How do I dress like a goth?
Be as detailed and complete as possible. I am invited to a Goth themed prom (It’s a charity event being thrown by my school’s art department), and I wanted to know how I should dress for such an occasion. What makes "Goth" clothes, what is modern Gothic, etc.
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Well, the entire concept of gothic style has evolved over the past couple of decades, so that gives you a broad variety. If you are aiming for a more classical gothic look (since it’s a prom, i imagine you’ll be wearing a gown)… you want to wear a lot of deep colours. Burgundy and black of course, most people know that, but dark purples and even navy can be acceptable. The fabric is important, probably brocade, and fishnets always add to the gothy feel of an outfit. Boots with a dress, particularly those with heavy metal accents (such as big buckles) are also a good way to set off a look that makes it undeniably goth. Jewelry is also important. Gunmetal colored chains, earrings, or necklaces with ruby accents can be eerie but pretty. If you want to push the bar, wear spikes. They are expensive generally as far as I know, but pretty popular among the goth and punk culture. Hair should be teased (since I have to assume you are not goth, so your hair is not goth) to achieve a big mess of bedhead. But, not to be confused with unstyled. Ratted pigtails are always a safe option, usually bigger is better. If you have bangs, wear them straight.
Makeup is not as simple as you might think, if you actually want to look nice you don’t want to just smear on black eyeliner and lipstick. Try a set of dramatic false lashes, maybe something with some glitter or bright colored lashes woven in. (I’m pretty sure you can buy them at Hot Topic this time of year.. otherwise it would be a Halloween store.) Lipstick can be a few different shades. Purple, black, burgundy, red, or find a shade fair enough to match the color of your face. By that I mean a shade closer than you would normally wear day to day, something that makes you look a bit more washed out. Choose what is most flattering to your face, obviously you wouldn’t wear this every day, but why not make it look good, right?
wear alot of black
black! lip stick, nail polish… studded things?
a Goth themed prom (It’s a charity event being thrown by my school’s art department), and I wanted to know how I should dress for such an occasion. What makes "Goth" clothes use machine guns wera a trenhchcoat. hey conan.
nnoo…dark red!
I am sure there are plenty of websites.
I do not understand the philosophy of goths they say they do not want to conform, but all they do is dress like each other. Isn’t that conforming?
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wear all black
black shirt, pants with chains hanging on them, and black lipstick.
just look, idk, scary…
You’re asking the wrong crowd, Gothic CLOTHING breaks off into many styles, but I consider the true style, not all kinds of chains and spikes and useless accessories of that sort. But it’s rather black clothing of course, black lipstick, usually blackhair, just do a web search, you’ll see waht I mean. But if you look up modern goth styles, they’re almost "emo" styles, and they look completely ridiculous. So it’s basically up to you.
get a whole lot of body piercings…. every where in the body…. face to p—y, & put some black clothes on too… baggy style…..
:-p
heres a tip, you don’t have to dress all in black to be goth, try wearing a deep scarlet (red) or a dark purple instead. You will look goth and people will notice you , You need to dress dark and sort of like a vampire/vampiress
wear a pair of black combat boots under your dress with fishnet pantyhose. Try finding a purple or red velvet dress from a costume shop like renassance style, victorian. Elegant and long. Or just Go to Hot topic and Look at their dresses, try a thrift store too. Black Eyeliner and Silver Nailpolish. Wear Red LIpstick its prettier than black. Try fake eyelashes too.
LOTS of eyeliner, chunky black boots, pale skin, white face, black accessories, Play it up!!
Lots of black, silver chains, dog collar, spikes, heavy black boots, dark eye makeup, black lips, black nail polish.
Hope this helps
Modern Gothic is kind of an oxymoron, don’t you think? But if you must, figure out which clothing makes you the most uncomfortable, then wear it.
Lots of black.
Assuming you are a girl, you can wear black dresses with black lace, Victorian style clothes.
Also lots of dark makeup. Contrary to popular belief, not all Goths are satanic devil worshipping witches. LOL
Do an eBay search, you can get an idea of the clothing there. Also try gothauction.com
You could go onto Yahoo Images and simply type "Goth" … that should give you a pretty good idea.
Think black wedding dress and with black boots.
Black gloves, black makeup (or dark makeup), Blakc or dark purple lipstick, chains, skulls, etc.
black on everything.
and pale skin.
ya know instead of going to hot topic or some other lame mall store try looking at some old renaissance gowns and such and emulating that.. mostly what people consider gothic today is pretty lame.
Browse this website, and you should get some ideas:
http://www.milieux.com/goth/clothes.html
Think of it as channeling Morticia Addams.
Have fun!
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all black will be fine
It’s very easy, put on white makeup on your face with black lipstick, black eyeshadow, black lipliner etc. Then paint your nails black. Wear all black clothes. Get a black belt with spiked studs. Wear a black t-shirt with some hard rock band on it. Wear big black army boots. You can get all of this stuff at Hot Topic or at their online store: http://www.tkqlhce.com/ql118cy63y5LOPMMNNOLNMPUSQUO