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October 7, 2008

Goth fashion culture






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Cintra Wilson declares that “The origins of contemporary goth style are found in the [[Victorian fashion|Victorian]] cult of mourning.”<ref name=cintra/> [[Valerie Steele]] is an expert in the history of the style.
Cintra Wilson declares that “The origins of contemporary goth style are found in the [[Victorian fashion|Victorian]] cult of mourning.”<ref name=cintra/> [[Valerie Steele]] is an expert in the history of the style.
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Goth style’s rejection of mainstream values, emphasis on freedom of expression, and challenging taboos makes it difficult to define its [[Gothic aesthetics|aesthetic]] principles. Goth fashion emphasizes transformation of the body, elements of beauty, order, conscious eroticism and ‘otherness’ that flouts conventions.
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Goth style’s rejection of mainstream values, emphasis on freedom of expression, and challenging taboos makes it difficult to define its [[Gothic aesthetics|aesthetic]] principles. Goth fashion emphasizes transformation of the body, elements of beauty, order, conscious eroticism and ‘otherness’ that flouts conventions. Marcy Powell.
Many goths are drawn to the fashion due to a sense of [[social alienation|alienation]], which may explain the style’s fascination with morbidity or [[vampire]] [[fashion|style]]. Wearing black eyeshadow and shroud-like clothing that refers to the dead may express grief, despair, or mourning. Some goth experience fashion as a transformation from [[Social alienation|alienation]] through self-expression and a sense of belonging to a community that shares the same sense of alienation.<ref name=cintra/> Alternately, the fashion may reflect an attraction to the darker side of [[human sexuality|sexuality]].<ref>César Fuentes Rodríguez “Mundo Gótico” (Quarentena Ediciones, 2007, ISBN 8493389161), page 233 & ss.</ref>
Many goths are drawn to the fashion due to a sense of [[social alienation|alienation]], which may explain the style’s fascination with morbidity or [[vampire]] [[fashion|style]]. Wearing black eyeshadow and shroud-like clothing that refers to the dead may express grief, despair, or mourning. Some goth experience fashion as a transformation from [[Social alienation|alienation]] through self-expression and a sense of belonging to a community that shares the same sense of alienation.<ref name=cintra/> Alternately, the fashion may reflect an attraction to the darker side of [[human sexuality|sexuality]].<ref>César Fuentes Rodríguez “Mundo Gótico” (Quarentena Ediciones, 2007, ISBN 8493389161), page 233 & ss.</ref>

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