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Ah, steampunk – the cultural phenomena currently sweeping through the alternative community like an elaborately clad Victorian forest fire. As a genre, steampunk combines aspects of Victorian adventure stories (in the vein of Jules Verne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) with more modern science fiction, dystopian and even horror. There are steampunk books like S.M….
If you are lucky enough to have found a mate who is just as enamoured with all things Goth as you are, congratulations! Keep hold of that one, he (or she) is a good’un. If you’ve really hit the jackpot and not managed to kill each other during the early stages of your relationship, have…
The Gothic Angel team is very happy to welcome back US gothic blogger and creative, Emily Buresh, who we met back in March. Here she bursts the black bubble of goth and tells us: goths wear pink too! When most people think about goths, they think of these pale faces wearing all black clothing. Being a…
We at Gothic Angel love to explore the goth community and to meet like-minded people. We were therefore very happy to come across Emily Buresh, an American blogger and creative who was kind enough to write something for us. You can check out her site here. My name is Emily Buresh and I am more…
Goth! Everyone has his or her own idea of what a goth looks like, whether it’s a pasty-faced vampire clad in leather pants, doc martens, and a torn vest under an umbrella of crazy hair, or a party goer dressed in red velvet, a ruffled shirt, and jewel-encrusted fingers. The diversity of the subculture reaches…
In September, Business of Fashion published an article analyzing the gothic subculture’s integration with the mainstream of the fashion world in recent times (http://www.businessoffashion.com/2013/09/gucci-prada-roberto-cavalli.html). There’s no denying how easily adaptable goth’s core elements are. Drama and romanticism come in all colors and varieties—black is surely the most captivating of them all. The article was not…
First of all, the internet is packed with a huge amount of crap. Valueless tosh that clogs up the Web and wastes your time as you try and wade through it to find the good stuff. We know that frustration all too well, but we also know that there is plenty of great stuff out…
All the best make-up looks, especially dramatic ones, start with a great base. Preparing the skin for make-up is vital for a smooth and professional finish. A good exfoliator as well as a regular cleanse/tone/moisturise regimen will do more for your face than any other product designed to cover or accentuate – so start with…
Goth fashion had a great showing at this year’s Paris fashion week, with designers from Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy to Céline exhibiting some very inspiring blacks. It may be that you are after a very ‘street’ punky look, in which case it’s not that hard to buy appropriate gear and even distress it if you…
