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In your goth outfit, be sure to include a few cute touches like ribbons, bows, corsets, and lace-up closures. An interesting anomaly on our list played by Alison Lohman, Astrid doesn’t seem to initially fit the prototypical gothic standard– blond hair and all. That is, until we see Astrid’s pain and hardship manifest itself in her outward appearance as she goes from blond and sunny, to black and complicated in her hair color and clothing choices. She faces a family crisis and bounces from one foster home to another until she visits her long-absent and murderous mother in jail, intent on finding out what really happened to her family. Watching her journey gives us a deeper representation of her character, making Astrid seem more attractive and real.

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For every suit you sell, you’re gonna send 30 customers fleeing out of the store.“ In the end, she got the job and a heartfelt friendship out of it, so it’s a win for the goths. Gregg Araki’s seminal The Doom Generation follows the hyper-sexual, drug-buzzed relationship between Amy Blue and her boyfriend Jordan White, who pick up a handsome third on their travels. Blue, played by Rose McGowan, is dressed in a punk-rock wardrobe to reflect her abrasive coming of age, donning Dr Martens, retro sundresses, and oversized leather jackets. Trapped in a seedy realm of violent eroticism and lurid motels, Blue’s disaffection could be mapped across her wardrobe.

A Tier: Big Goths

Trad goth fashion was further developed over time at the Batcave Club in London, which had cobwebs on the ceiling and you had to walk through a real coffin with a cut-out bottom to enter. Everything that will make people who just see goth people as just a freaky sex thing to turn their noses because jfc I’m more than that. Following the life of 17-year-old Jennifer Wilson, known as J, My First Mister is a story of the unlikely friendship between a young, alienated mallrat and Randall Harris, her 49-year-old manager at a clothing shop. Throughout the film, J is seen in chunky black boots, chains, black lipstick and an overall emo-teen vibe. So much so, that when she first approaches Harris for a job he says, “hire you?

The result is a feminine combination of black together with bows, lace-up designs, and pastel colors like pink and lilac. Cloaked in a leather trench lined with scarlet satin, tiny glasses, a bullet-proof harness, and military boots, Wesley Snipes may not have been a goth in the Blade trinity, but he was certainly goth-coded. Based on the Marvel superhero of the same name, Snipes played a Dhampir – a human with vampire strengths – who battled against pure-blood vampires.

• This style was closely tied to goth music (gothic rock) and popularized by English bands including The Cure, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
• He’s the only dark-type gym leader in the series (unless you count Marnie, who technically takes over for him), which in itself is pretty goth.
• Many of their outfits and catchphrases have been repeated, built upon, and sublimated into the public consciousness.
• Although her fit has a lot going on, her purple and gold-trimmed dress and bewitching jewelry complement her pale complexion like a fine science.

Sure, her background as a succubus may give developers license to go a little overboard with the sexiness at times, but Morrigan’s looks are almost always used to underline the power she wields in the Darkstalkers mythos. And while most eyes might be drawn to her outfit, I gotta give it up for the small set of wings on her head. It’s a bold design decision that could have come off as goofy in the wrong hands, but the various artists who have depicted Morrigan throughout the years nail the look more often than not. As the female protagonist of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Lisbeth Salander is the epitome of a grunge intellectual. Played by Rooney Mara in the 2011 English film adaptation of the Swedish novel of the same name, sees Mara only ever in full black, accessorised with facial piercings and a jet black gothic haircut. While Mara never returned as Lisbeth is the sequels, her successors followed suit, reinventing on Lisbeth’s iconic look while keeping it as goth as can be.