Gothic Style Photos of Decadent Designs and Gloomth

To choose your gothic style, you may want to first research through websites and magazines for the type of gothic styles that appeal to you most – for example, classic Goth or Cyber Goth. Then save the images you like and use them as a guide for the next step of evaluating what you currently have in your closet and for planning shopping trips. You are using these ideas to help you refine your style rather than to make clones of the outfits. Decide what it is you like and make it your own. The purpose of this guide is to serve you with developing your own style plan, piece by piece that mixes and matches well together.

Traditional period Goth garb usually consists of mostly black clothing along with some white and are often accessorized with silver or pewter. The stereotypical gothic outfit sometimes referred to as the romantic look may include elaborate gowns and corsets, veils, full skirts, neck corsets, fishnets, lace and velvets. Also popular are tight-fitting trousers, pointy boots, flouncy poet or pirate shirts and footwear with buckles. I find the simplicity of traditional Goth style lends itself to variation, and is can be combined with fetish elements to give it a dark and romantic edge. A few classic Goth examples are available at the end of this guide. See a modern adaptation of this gothic fetish style from Decadent Designs at www.decadentdesigns.com.

Closely related to the Romantic (Victorian, Elizabethan, Renaissance) Goth style is the Gothic Lolita style that emerged from Japan, usually a combination of black and white, often black with white lace and typically decorated with ribbons and lace trims. Frilly, ruffled or lace-trimmed Victorian blouses are also popular with Gothic Lolitas and designs are usually modest, sometimes with long lace-capped sleeves and/or high-necked blouses. Some additions may include mini top hats, parasols, and lace headdresses. You can find interpretations of Romantic Goth and Lolita Goth styles at Gothic coutour design, Gloomth, cult of melancholy at www.gloomth.com.

Most recently, Goth fashion has been infiltrated by forward-thinking styles that are more futuristic, science fiction and youthful. UV-reactive colors and materials, progressive fashions, huge shoes and boots, wild hair extensions using artificial materials, often with an undercut shave, goggles, cybernetics, androgyny, the influence of cyberpunk or anime themes and body modification are some of the elements of Cybergoth. A full-spectrum of bright or neon colors are an exciting addition to black. For example, I find a popular combination is black with hot pink, a flattering color for most skin tones. A example of Cybergoth fashion can be found in the alternative sub-culture online magazine, www.squeakmachine.com. This publication also features Gothic Lolita styles and other alternative or underground styles.

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