Latex clothing: Sophia Disgrace takes us on a tour of latex couture - what new designers are moving latex clothing away from fetish, and wear to pick up fashion bargains.
Latex clothing - The new breed
Goth clothing: Find punk, retro, indie & gothic prom dresses online with our list of unusual prom dress shops. Plus we give prom dress advice on how to really feel your dress and how to buy it online - tears-free.
Goth prom dresses - shopping guide
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!
Cute indie & gothic lolita umbrellas galore!
Indie fashion: Indie / Punks / Goths unite! Achieve this through style... and shoelaces. Why call it a shoelace when it can be worn around the neck, wrist, as a belt, as a bow and fashioned into hair art?
Fashion activist: Punk shoelaces
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...
: Gothic Lolita wardrobe staples
Cool glasses: It's sad but true - some of us have to hide our kohl-rimmed eyes behind glasses in order to watch indie films and perform other mookish deeds. Fear not! Not only do glasses make you look smarter, they also say something about your personality. This basic guide will aid you in choosing the right frames for your face, your style - and you.
Alternative gal's guide to choosing glasses
Plus size fashion: If you're a curvy lady, dressing well and creatively can be a foul nightmare. Here's a Mookychick guide to online plus-size fashion for indie, gothic, retro and generally style-conscious voluptuous vixens...
Shop online for plus size indie/goth/retro fashion
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...
Victorian chokers? Let's do it. Let's fall in love...
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...
Hang onto your mini-tophat... it's time for wigs!
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?
Dramatic or subtle colour contacts? The choice is yours
Goth maternity clothing: If you wear punky black, high heels or corsets, keeping your style in pregnancy can be a daunting task. But it's possible to locate cool maternity clothes (even maternity corsets!) and - shock horror - both maternity community boards and the high street will be kind to you...
Alternative maternity clothes - a style guide to being a Mooky Momma
Androgynous style: Burlesque frills have swept throughout the nations - but what about cabaret-loving tom boys? There are other ways to make a burlesque fashion statement, like F2M...
F2M style
Lolita: Put on your lace gloves and delve into our little lolita style guide, with everything from lolita clothing links to the lesser-known traditional kimono-clad qi-lolita and grotesque gurololita styles. Will there one day be a dress style themed on the man in the Nabokov novel who fancied Lolita? We think not.
Lolita Style
Decora: In a new Mookychick section, we scout around for interesting and cheap alternative fashion with squee appeal. This week: A cute pink lace trim skirt for £12 - perfect for decora japanese style!
View product : Decora style 'Anna' lace trim skirt
Style: Clothes are more than just pieces of fabric. They are a way of expressing our personality and our feelings. It's easy to fall prey to dressing for a trend rather than your personality. It's better to fall prey to at least dressing for your body type..
: Dressing for your body type
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?
A mooky style guide to the synthetic aesthetic
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.
Dealing with corset itch
Japanese fashion (bosozoku): Bosozoku ("violent running gang") is a Japanese subculture associated with motorcycle gangs. At their worst they start weapons with sword and molotov cocktails, but mostly they're about style, noise and speed. We give you the bosozoku history and how-to fashion style.
Japanese biker gangs - get the bosozoku style
Vegan clothing: As a proud vegan who is usually spotted rocking skin tight vinyl and 6 inch pleather heels, Leah Ludlow is on a mission to turn being animal-friendly into a cool as well as compassionate stance.
Tips for vegan fashion, and vegan fashion online
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.
Gothic Weddings
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.
A girl's guide to wearing corsets
Japanese fashion (Decora): The japanese style cult of decora is so sharply childlike and cute it's like biting into bubblegum and razor-flavoured ice cream that's been kept on the icy moon of Europa for a month. If you're not afraid to wear 16 bows in your hair and three pairs of socks at once, decora may be the style for you.
The japanophile's quick guide to... decora
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.
An instructional guide to steampunk style
Alternative style
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...
Find out what 'voodoo punani' is, and more...
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...
Check out Lolita Fashion - and Lolita Goth
Harajuku fashion: You've probably seen Gwen Stefani's alien Japanese backing dancers, and heard her singing about 'Harajuku girls' all over her album. Anyone who makes it to Harajuku (a shopping district in Tokyo) is in for a treat because Harajuku fashion is unbelievable. Find out what the Harajuku girls are all about, and pick up some tips on how to work your style the Harajuki way.
Harajuku style
Goth clothing
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