Street Fashion- Gothic Fashion

Most of fashion trends come from top brand's new production release press conference, top models wear diverse clothes to advertise fashion elements on T-station. While, out of studios, street fashion become more and more popular in the young grassroots in recent years. Most of young subcultures have had an associated street fashion. For instance, Gothic fashion are popular with some western youth and Japanese. Then, I will introduce difference between western Gothic and Japanese Gothic, and Gothic's effects to modern fashion.

There are a lot of types of Goths and Goth clothing. Some outfits are very pricey and intricate. But, those western street Goths usually have morbid fashion and dark style: black cloths, black hair, black nails, maked up smokey eyes, even black lip. "The origins of contemporary youth style are found in the Victorian cult of mourning." Cintra Wilson said (Mackie, 2009). These people show Medieval, Renaissance and late victorian excess style exaggeratively. Moreover, they like body piercing, and they put silver ornaments on the piercing place.

In Japan, Be influenced by Japanese manga, many school girls popularize Gothic Lolita fashion style. Compared with western youth's cool and morbid style, Japanese girls prefer cute elements such as lace dress and headdress, lovely stocking and shoes to express their own style (Gothic Fashion, 2010).

In addition, this kind of street fashion bring profound influence upon modern women's attire design. On the fabric level, Goths usually use fishing net, feather, PU, silks and satins. Top brand Christian Lacroix has produced a series clothing on Gothic style in 2008. On the ornaments level, Gothic prefer gold or silvery clasps, mandarin orange pearl and fake diamond.  these material are similar with Alexander Mc Queen style. Therefore, Gothic is not only a part of screen fashion, but also it style effects mordern fashion deeply. 

Christina Lacroix 08/09

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Reference List:
What is Goth: Gothic Fashion.(2010). Rerieved from http://www.platypusart.com/whatisgoth/pages/Goth-Fashion.htm

Mackie, V. (2009). Gender and Sexuality In Asia And The Pacific: Gothic Lolita And The Political Economy of Fashion. Retrieved from http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue20/mackie.htm