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Goth Fashion & Style

Cute indie & gothic lolita umbrellas galore!

goth umbrella Goth umbrellas: Okay, these umbrellas aren't just for goths. The whole world needs them. We've sourced some lovely umbrellas that are cheap, windproof, piratey AND beautiful! Rain cannot defeat beauty! Hah!


Goth Fashion & Style

An instructional guide to steampunk style

steampunk style Steampunk clothing: Perhaps you've heard of steampunk but you're not quite sure what it is. Maybe you've never heard of steampunk, but have a yearning for both Victoriana and futuristic technology. Perhaps you thought you couldn't dream of cobbled streets and lace parasols AND surround yourself with all those nifty gadgets? Fear not - with steampunk style, there's actually room for both.


Goth Fashion & Style

Gothic hairstyles for girls

gothic hairstyles Hairstyles: Goths of both sexes love their gothic hairstyles, and so do we - whether we're talking the Gothic Lolita, the Deathhawk, backcombed hair or sleek gothic hair with a Spock fringe. Here are a few stereotypical (uh-oh) goth hairstyles to give you ideas for what to do with your own mop.


Goth Fashion & Style

How to get pale skin

how to get pale skin Makeup tips: Her dark hair shimmered in the moonlight - and it struck her admirer that her skin reflected the colour of that pale orb so perfectly as to seem almost bloodless.

Not pale yet, but want the illusion of pallor? Well, all beauty's an illusion. So here's to cheating...


Goth Fashion & Style

18th century makeup tutorial - for budding aristocrats

18th century makeup tutorial - for budding aristocrats

Makeup tutorial: This Marie Antionette makeup tutorial is designed to make you look like a great big slutty princess for cheap - all pale skin, big eyes, plumped lips and flushed cheeks. With a dash of powder and paint, my child, you will be irresistable - fey, abandoned, yet with a hint of control. The future beckons... and my, it looks just like the past!


Goth Fashion & Style

A Darkened World for the Chocolate Girl: RomantiGoth style for dolls of colour

Dark romantic goth style for black girls Dark Goth: As a woman of colour who prefers Evanescence to Lupe Fiasco, it's hard to find style tips and lifestyle ideas for bronzed beauties amongst the coveted society of paler lovelies. Yes, my black swans... I'm talking of being a part of the dark, beautiful world of Romantic Goth Style.


Goth Fashion & Style

Gothic Lolita wardrobe staples

Gothic lolita Fashion Tips Gothic Lolita: Gothic lolita fashion is a Japanese style that emulates Victorian dolls. These are your gothic lolita wardrobe staples to save money on gothic lolita style - everything from home-accessorised socks to petticoats to parasols...


Goth Fashion & Style

Gothic lolita makeup tutorial

Gothic lolita makeup tutorial Makeup tutorial: So, want to learn to how do cute Gothic Lolita make-up? You can use this gothic lolita look for day and night, vamping it up a little more for night time and even changing the pink lipgloss for maybe, a little red lipstick. Change it a little and make it yours.


Goth Fashion & Style

A mooky style guide to the synthetic aesthetic

bondage style - liquid latex, bondage tape, pvc, latex and rubber clothes Goth clothing: Are you tired of hemp? Bored with cotton and wondering what's cool about wool? Don't be thread-up (oh, ho ho! See what we did there?). Look to the edgier world of plastics. Not only can you save cows with fake leather, but recycle carrier bags too. Who knew synthetic fashion could be so... environmentally sound?


Goth Fashion & Style

Dealing with corset itch

corset care Goth / burlesque corsets: Fine, so you're wearing your corset... and you get the dreaded, notorious corset itch. Just a little one initially, but it spreads until you're in a creepy crawly challenge from 'I'm a Celebrity'. The ideal solution is to disrobe, but sadly you can't go whipping your corset off in most public spaces. Here's how to deal.


Goth Fashion & Style

A close-cropped history of alternative hair

history of alternative hair Punk hair: What makes alternative hair so different? From dangerous bob cuts to mohawks now being sported by footballers, Anya Goy looks at the history of alternative hair, from its idealistic non-conformist roots (look! a pun!) to a future where subcultures are increasingly led by product and style rather than any beliefs. Read on. And chew your alternative hair with concentration as you do so.

Goth Fashion & Style

Gothic Weddings

goth wedding

Goth wedding and clothing: Goths are romantic at heart, so it's not unheard of for goths to get married. Handfastings and blood devotion vows are now common enough that a gothic bride and groom can have a wedding that holds meaning.


Goth Fashion & Style

How to wear a corset

burlesque corsets Gothic / burlesque corsets: Corsets make us feel beautiful and look striking but they really embody the phrase 'gilded cage'. Since the hourglass fantasy is confined by the back-aching reality, here is some advice on wearing corsets so you don't have to learn the hard way.


Goth Fashion & Style

How to be an alternative model!

How to become an alternative model tips Alternative model tips: Mookychick helicoptered the fabulous Roswell Ivory, Anita De Bauch and Violet Magenta to a secret Swiss location for a summit meeting on how to become alternative models. We hope the time and effort these girls put into discussing the hows, do's and dont's of alternative modelling will help aspiring gals the world over...


Goth Fashion & Style

Falling in love with satin/lace chokers...

victorian and gothic lace and ribbon chokers Gothic clothing: There comes a point where you decide the best way to emulate luxurious Victorian and Burlesque styles is to fall in love with quality and detail. Discover the perfect satin or lace choker for you and learn how to wear it and care for it. Who knows? One day it might become your family heirloom...


Goth Fashion & Style

Alternative wigs and wig accessories

wig accessories, human hair wigs, clip-in fringes Gothic hairstyles: Sometimes you just get sick of the stuff growing out your head and no customisation is going to save it. If you're having a "what-the-hell-I'll-shave-it-all-off" moment, step away from the clippers for a second and buy yourself a new head of hair instead. Ladies (and Gentlemen), the wig is back...


Goth Fashion & Style

The art of coloured contact lenses

colour contact lenses Alternative eyes: We give you six steps to choosing the perfect colour contact lenses for you - whether you want to be an indian princess with subtly tinted grey eyes or a full-blown alien vixen with costume contacts. It's said that eyes are the windows to a soul - so why not give your soul a teeny-tiny makeover?


Goth Fashion & Style

A Perfumed World

bpal DIY perfume: Scents aren't always produced by celebrity divas with too much money on their hands - they're also a cottage industry created with love and hard work by corset-makers and Lovecraft-lovers, with huge communities of fans behind them who swap scent bottles online like they're bubblegum cards. Not heard of BPAL, Possets or Blooddrop Clothing? Let E_Diva tell you more...


Goth Fashion & Style

Make your own hair falls

hair falls Gothic hairstyles: When Roswell Ivory fell 20 feet while rock-climbing and lost half her hair and the skin on her head, she wore hair falls so she didn't have to shave her head and lose her social life. How to make your own hair falls, and achieve this gothic hairstyle with maximum success...


Goth Fashion & Style

Gothic Lolita style

mana lolita Gothic Lolita: Harajuku style isn't the only Japanese subculture fashion out there. Some girls are honing down their style to become Classic Lolitas or Lolita Goths, who carry gothic teddies and look like stylish victorian dolls...


Goth Fashion & Style

Rubber Corsets and Rubber Care

goth style Gothic clothing: Rubber. Even if we don't wear it, we can still drool over it. Rubber's moved on from basic black and red, found in sex shops. A well-made rubber item (made from supatex) can bring out femininity and beauty, and make a person think of other worlds, not dingy toilets with bad lighting.


Goth Fashion & Style

Alternative Make-up Tips

goth makeup Gothic makeup tips: Express your creativity with gothic make-up. These general make-up tips will help you look good when looking good most matters: when other people see you.


Goth Fashion & Style

Gothic style + Steampunk

Gothic style and Steampunk including gothic lolita, gothic clothing, steampunk fashion, victorian gothic and victorian industrial otherwise known as victoriandustiral - Mookychick



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