Tag Archives: Fashion

REVIEW: “How To Be A Goth” – Tish Weinstock

“I do find myself returning to wonder who it’s *for*. Most goths will laugh this out of their (haunted) bookshop… Continue reading

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“Goths are so back” articles are so done.

What the article actually means is goth is beginning to orbit closer to the mainstream again, in a way that can make rich people even richer. Continue reading

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Dark Wash Recycle – ‘gothcore’ and high fashion

It’s all part of the Dark Wash Cycle, where the catwalk commandeers goth style for their Fall-Winter collections, and every journalist has to act like they’ve never seen huge boots or winged eyeliner before. Continue reading

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Can An Article Be More Insulting?

With a sound like the stone trap chasing Indiana Jones, thousands of goth eyeballs were rolled recently as the Wall Street Journal published an online article ‘provocatively’ titled Can A Grown Woman Wear Goth Fashion?  Continue reading

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Scene of the Dead: Black Lipstick and Recycling

You can read a fantastic history of black lipstick here, that addresses its origins from Pharaoh’s Egypt through Maori culture and Hollywood’s genesis, to the early Punk and Goth scenes where it gained a foothold as a staple of appearance … Continue reading

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