Goth Fashion
ゴス・ファッション / late 1970s– / Style / Subculture Style
The aesthetics of black dress born from post-punk music, borrowing Victorian mourning and horror-film signs to make darkness a communal style.
Black head to toe / Victorian borrowings / Pale skin, dark eyes / Silver jewelry
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and exemplary cases · Extracting principles that transfer beyond dress
- Type
- Observe the letters and signs of the era and community referred to
- Composition
- Translate silhouette and proportion into composition
- Material
- Verify the material conditions: cloth, tailoring, the wearer's body
- Caution
- Never peel off the garment's signs alone. Verify who wore it, why, and against what.
- Further study
- Bauhaus (the band) and the Batcave / Victorian mourning dress / the passage to Gothic Lolita