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In my recent escapades around Birmingham’s rich and diverse Gothy club world, I have found myself meeting and admiring all sorts of Goths with their own unique looks and styles, and have made it my mission to find out more about them. I’ve already mentioned recently my new ice Goth buddies, which is a look…

One of the things that I love so much about Goth style is that it doesn’t scrimp on the accessories, and every Goth that I know has a veritable drawer full of jewellery to match different looks, none of which has to be pricey to purchase. However, even if you are not at all creative,…

We’ve already covered Goth weddings before, with some tips on how to Goth up your special day, based on the assumption that you and your significant other are both Goths and committed to tipping your hat to the look on the day itself. However, challenging as it might seem to be to have a wedding…

Just to be clear, I didn’t knit this, because I don’t have magical skills. This incredibly beautiful rainbow scarf that is full of amazing detail that my cam just won’t pick up was knitted for me by a very good friend after I kind of guilted her by saying that I had never in my…

It’s been almost a week now since I bought myself something nice, and frankly I’m beginning to get the shakes. As I’m currently funnelling all of my spare pennies into my New Tattoo Fund, I’m trying to keep my frivolous purchased down a bit, but that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped Jonesing over all sorts of…

I’ve been pondering on plans for a new tattoo of late, and I found inspiration in the most unlikely place; in the mass-produced artwork on the cover of my Android tablet. While I tried to resist it at first, the more I looked at it, the more I felt that my new tattoo really needed…

While out making a shitshow of myself on Birmingham’s club scene last week, I ran into a trio of ladies who had a very unique Goth styling that I was informed is known as “ice Goth.” This is a new one on me, and so I have decided to look into it in more detail….

S’up minions? So Friday is World Goth Day, as you may have already realised if you’re a social media friendly kind of Goth, and follow the page itself on Facebook or Twitter. So, what is World Goth Day all about, what does it mean for Goths, and what can you do on the day itself?…

As I have mentioned before, my gaming preferences are about as low-brow as they come, with my mastery of Angry Birds being an achievement that I keep wanting to put on my CV, and Plants vs. Zombies being my idea of the last word in technical gaming schizzle. However, most of my other Goth mates…

Everyone who gives a flying feck about the planet in general has a part to play in their own role in our continued survival on the earth, and so in this article I’m going to make five really simple and basic suggestions of how you can make ethical, environmentally friendly choices as a Goth when…

Goth on the radio Music is the fuel of life, and I don’t think anyone of the Gothy persuasion would disagree with that too vehemently. Everyone has their own favourite way of listening to their canned tunes, and my personal preference is putting my music into playlists (OCD, innit) and then letting them rip depending…

I dunno why this topic never occurred to me before, but then my nearest and dearest would agree that I am often a bit slow on the uptake. Considering that a lot of Goth looks have a reasonable amount of crossover with classical biker styling, not as many Goths are actually bikers as I would…

I am starting to realise (and to be fair, I am not particularly quick on the uptake so don’t judge me) that a significant number of Goths are also vegetarian or vegan, like possibly in grater proportions than is reflected in the wider demographics of the UK community. The Spooky Vegan writes a blog about…

Despite my spellchecker’s determined attempts to turn “general election” into “giant erection” (I knew that writing that advertorial for penis pumps when I was skint would come back and bite me in the ass sooner or later) I have decided to dedicate this blog post to my musings on the general election, and all related…

Thanks to The Blogging Goth for the inspiration for this post, after she mentioned writing your Goth bucket list in her “inspiration for blogging” entry on her own blog, here. So this got me thinking, what is on my bucket list and why? I’ve written my own, and I’d be interested to hear yours. What…

I have only recently begun to get to grips with Reddit, and if you are as much of a Luddite as me, let me help you out. Basically, Reddit is one of the new wave of social networking sites-come-news websites, at which the members can submit various forms of content including text posts and links….

Take that, Jon Snow… Despite repeated warnings from the Starks of Winterfell, summer is indeed coming, and now is the time that you should be thinking about putting your woolly jumpers back in the closet and reviving your togs for the impending warmer weather. If your summer wardrobe is looking a little bit moth-eaten and…

As part of my ongoing quest to master a very put together office look with an alt twist, I have fallen in love with 1940’s and 1950’s styling in terms of hair, makeup and clothes. While my quest to achieve the perfect victory roll still eludes me, I have found the makeup side of things…

We’re all probably more familiar than we wish to be with London fashion week, being as it tends to take over all of the trending hashtags on social media for several weeks either side of the event. However, lesser known but much more relevant to Team Goth is alternative fashion week, which runs annually in…

For those of you who are forced to work within a corporate environment at any level, you will probably be no stranger to the fact that Goth and office wear are not really the perfect bed mates. However, largely depending on your office’s dress code, your boss’s perception of how to interpret this and your…