{{main|Gothic fashion}}

{{main|Gothic fashion}}

Goth fashion is stereotyped as a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of [[clothing|dress]]. Typical gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, dark eyeliner, black fingernails, black period-styled clothing; goths may or may not have piercings. Styles are often borrowed from the [[Elizabethan]], [[Victorian era|Victorian]] or [[medieval]] period and often express Catholic or other religious imagery such as crucifixes or ankhs.<ref name = “ELipton1″>Eric Lipton [http://www.lettuce.org/clipgoth.htm Disturbed Shooters Weren't True Goth] from the Chicago Tribune, April 27, 1999 </ref><ref name=”Robinson”/> The extent to which goths hold to this style varies amongst individuals as well as [[geographical locality]], though virtually all Goths wear some of these elements. [[Fashion designers]], such as [[Alexander McQueen]] and [[John Galliano]], have also been described as practicing “Haute Goth”.<ref name=cintra/>

Goth fashion is stereotyped as a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of [[clothing|dress]]. Typical gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, dark eyeliner, black fingernails, black period-styled clothing; goths may or may not have piercings. Styles are often borrowed from the [[Elizabethan]], [[Victorian era|Victorian]] or [[medieval]] period and often express Catholic or other religious imagery such as crucifixes or ankhs.<ref name = “ELipton1″>Eric Lipton [http://www.lettuce.org/clipgoth.htm Disturbed Shooters Weren't True Goth] from the Chicago Tribune, April 27, 1999 </ref><ref name=”Robinson”/> The extent to which goths hold to this style varies amongst individuals as well as [[geographical locality]], though virtually all Goths wear some of these elements. [[Fashion designers]], such as [[Alexander McQueen]] and [[John Galliano]], have also been described as practicing “Haute Goth”.<ref name=cintra/>

===Confusion with heavy metal fashion===

Goth fashion is often confused with [[heavy metal fashion]]<ref> [http://www.scathe.demon.co.uk/fastgoth.htm ''A Brief Guide to Goth''] ”Scathe.demon.co.uk”. URL Accessed July 19, 2008.</ref>: outsiders often mistake fans of heavy metal for goth, particularly those who wear black trench coats or wear “[[corpse paint]]” (a term associated with the [[black metal]] music scene).

Goth fashion is often confused with [[heavy metal fashion]]<ref> [http://www.scathe.demon.co.uk/fastgoth.htm ''A Brief Guide to Goth''] ”Scathe.demon.co.uk”. URL Accessed July 19, 2008.</ref>: outsiders often mistake fans of heavy metal for goth, particularly those who wear black trench coats or wear “[[corpse paint]]” (a term associated with the [[black metal]] music scene).