GOTH - What is your idea of goth.

I live near Tampa, Florida, so the goth scene here has a heavy Marilyn Manson influence. (He started off in this area as a dirt rocker, and never quite faded away.) There's also an increasing cross-over between the goth and BDSM communities. So, you see a lot of vinyl and latex, a lot of heavy, chunky boots. My style has always tended more toward velvet, deep rich colors, silks and lace, though. It's evolved a bit over the years, and I've started also wearing a lot of gypsy-ish/hippie-ish long skirts and indian fabrics.

something with weird patterns or color that emphasizes depth. I like gothic images but not those devilish types. i like church designs and angelic ones.

I'm so glad to meet a gothic girl here!:) I like gothic music, darkwave, ebm and so on. I go clubbing around in places like that but I love to go to rock clubs. I think Gothic generation was very influenced by The Cure even if the band never say they are dark or gothic, in fact they had a pop period too in their discography. Robert Smith started to dress dark with the white face, lipstick, and straight long air and most of people who reconized theirselves in his look and his music dressed in a gothic way like him. I think it is hard to don't change the look with time, so I'm very happy you didn't so much. I think gothic generation changed very much with time. In the years of The Cure, Depeche Mode, Siouxie, Bauhaus, Sister Of Mercy and so on, there were true gothic people! I love that years. I always wanted to be 20 years old in the 80's. I hate the age i'm living. Today goth is so fake! It is more a commercial thing, today there are lot of band on Mtv dressed in black with black make up and people and they act as they were gothic. To be gothic doesn't mean only dress in a dark way. Goth is a culture, and I think everyone can live it in the way he wants. I think If I'm gothic or not I haven't to show it with my dress code. Ok I love gothic literature, music, movies and culture in general but I can't understand why I have to show it. I don't like to label myself "I'm a metal head I'm a gothic boy" because I want to be free so, one day I dress black with spikes another day I dress in a normal way. Lol I wrote that but I'm half sleeping I don't know if I wrote well or not, but I'll pass again here to follow this interesting discussion. There are lot of things to say about gothic culture, but I fell sleepy right now lol By the way if you have some pics of you, add here I'm curious to watch your style:) see ya soon! Stay true in your heart! Ps: watch this video by Malice Mizer "beast of blood" They're japanese and very gothic in their style (maybe you already know them). I love very much their style and their dress are the most beautiful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F143kJea2tw

I have the same opinion about *goth* that I do about any other fashion fad.... who cares? People dress the way they dress for personal reasons, wether they wear Oscar De La Renta suits, or black victorian dresses. I don't care how anyone dresses or how they choose to accessorize their outfits.. it's all the same to me.

Hi, My idea is pretty similar to yours! When I was younger I used to have long black hair, white face, all in black with a black tuxedo!! I like you got married and became 'normalish' although never given up wearing black! and again like you i've now gone back to my old ways, although without the white face so much and perhaps a little more sensible (and may I hasten to add wider) clothing. Strange what phases of life you go through. Anyway my idea of a goth is not sad or depressed we can give them the 'emo' tag now, but arty and individual in their own right!