How to Dress up Gothic Without Being Too Extreme

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What is Gothic? According to dictionary.com it has nine meanings from pertaining to a style of architecture, to a style of literature characterized by a gloomy setting, grotesque, mysterious, or violent events, and an atmosphere of degeneration and decay, to the Middle Ages, and being barbarous and crude.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Vintage Clothes
Dark Colors
Black High Boots
Get into character.

Step 1

Become familiar with the Gothic wardrobe, watch movies, check the internet and check out what style best fit your character. Concentrate on the wardrobe, not the characters and/or individuals.
Step 2

Shop at thrift stores most of the time you will find vintage pieces and for a reasonable price at these type of stores.
Step 3

Stick to dark color clothes such as black, gray, navy blue, and/or dark green and a bit of red, not bright red. Add a bit of light colors like cream, beige, off white or white. Oh, try to add velvet to your gothic wardrobe, too.
Step 4

Your hair can remain the same, but not to neat it can be a bit messy. It's up to you.
Step 5

Women dark lipstick, not black lipstick and add black eyeliner. Unless you want to again its up to you. Men you do not need to add anything on your face. Remember not too extreme.
Step 6

There are many styles in high black boots, choose your correct style.
Step 7

Play your character you feel sexy, don't care attitude, or feeling mysteries. Play your part.

Comments

akumaxkami said

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on 10/20/2009 The only goth definition you left out is that it's a genre of music and that's what the modern day goth subculture spawned from.

zabuddy said

on 6/14/2009 It's funny that I came across this article today. I have a date in a post-apocalyptic goth den next week and didn't know what I was going to do with my wardrobe short of slashing holes in everything and dyeing it black.