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Gothic fashion

A goth woman at Kensal Green Cemetery open day, 2015
Girl dressed in a Victorian costume during the Whitby Gothic Weekend festival in 2013

Gothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the goth subculture. A dark, sometimes morbid, fashion and style of dress,[1] typical gothic fashion includes black dyed hair and black clothes.[1] Both male and female goths can wear dark eyeliner, dark nail polish and lipstick (most often black), and dramatic makeup.[2] Styles are often borrowed from the Elizabethans and Victorians. BDSM imagery and paraphernalia are also common.[1] Gothic fashion is sometimes confused with heavy metal fashion and emo fashion.

  1. ^ a b c Grunenberg 1997, p. 172
  2. ^ Fischer, Rachel K. (22 June 2019). "The Alert Collector: The Gothic Aesthetic: From the Ancient Germanic Tribes to the Contemporary Goth Subculture". Reference & User Services Quarterly. 58 (3): 143–148. doi:10.5860/rusq.58.3.7040. ISSN 1094-9054. S2CID 196182083.

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