Shenzhen Huang Chao photography

Goths have nothing, no hope, no despair, no real smile, and can only find ironic sneer in love.

Their life is to rot slowly in the dark and find pleasure in it.

Typical characteristics of Gothic nation

Personality: shy and unsociable.

Artistic tendency: art, especially music, photography and painting. Humanities, especially literature, history and philosophy.

Dress: Always black or dark. Obviously religious ornaments, but they change their beliefs almost every day and never wear gold jewelry.

Gothic fashion in 1980s consists of crisp mandolin-style semi-acoustic guitar, steady single-note bass lines, simple but fast rhythm, strong synthesizer effect and deep singing. ) developed music style, dyed long hair, pale skin, tight black clothes, pointed leather boots, and a lot of silver ornaments (mostly designed by early European and Egyptian religions). Black motorcycle leather jacket, black skinny jeans, black mesh stockings and black flying sunglasses have become registered trademarks of the Goths.

Any black, or other dark colors, such as navy blue and crimson. Permeable (thin nylon or fishnet fabric) but not exposed. Silver ornaments. Pale skin. This may be because they need to look like a living dead person, or because they want to embody the Victorian aesthetic of "pale skin is a symbol of nobility", or because they oppose the health theory of "the bronze sun is beautiful" in beach culture.

Black hair, bleached blonde hair, red hair or purple hair Black and white makeup. White foundation. Black lipstick, black eye shadow and thin eyebrows.

Self-made decoration and fetish clothing. Leather, PVC, rubber and latex are all essential fabrics. Girdling was also common in the Middle Ages. A wide tie or nail collar or a velvet rope tied tightly around the neck.

T-shaped cross (symbol of eternal life in ancient Egypt) Five-pointed star This is a pagan symbol about fire, land, air, water and soul. The cross (the symbol of Christianity).

Opera-style shawls, cloaks and long gloves. Goths are generally not as extreme as punk, they will talk about taste.

To tell the truth, a goth with no taste may dress up as a punk. Loose clothes are no longer Goth's favorite. Goth's basic concept of dress is to show the proportional beauty of the figure. It is the most important style of Goth to embody the perfect proportion of the body.

[Edit this paragraph] Gothic spirit

It is not easy to define a clear ideological system for Gothic subculture, mainly for several reasons. First, mood and aesthetics play a very important role. Some of them are inspired by romanticism and neo-romanticism. Dark, mysterious and morbid impressions and emotions also exist in traditional romantic Gothic novels. At the end of18th century and19th century, the sense of terror and fear of the supernatural generally existed in popular literature and continued into modern horror movies. Another core element of Gothic is comic exaggeration and self-dramatization, which appears in Gothic novels and Gothic subcultures.

Members of Gothic subculture generally do not support violence, but tolerate it. Many media wrongly associate Gothic subculture with violence, hostility towards ethnic minorities, white supremacy and other hatred. However, violence and hatred are not elements of Gothic thought. On the contrary, some Gothic thoughts are composed of the evil cognition, understanding and grief of society or individuals that mainstream culture hopes to ignore or forget. This is also a common theme in Gothic music. [6]

The second reason that hinders the clear definition of Gothic thought is Gothic's aversion to politics. In the19th century, it was a very bold thing for individuals to despise social norms, but it was far less radical than it is today. Therefore, the resistance of Gothic subculture is limited, and it absorbs the image of western core culture. Different from hippies or punk movements, Gothic subculture does not spread political information or call for social movements, but emphasizes individualism, tolerance for diversity, creativity, intellectualism, aversion to social conservatism and moderate cynicism, but these thoughts are not applicable to all members. Gothic thought is mainly based on aesthetics, not morality or politics.

Of course, Goths have their political tendencies, from social liberalism to anarchism, but they will not be particularly manifested and become part of their culture. On the contrary, political stance, like religion, is considered to be related to personal ideas. Unlike punk, only a few people's political positions conflict with "Gothic" identity.

As a Goth, being in a subculture is extremely valuable, and you can realize your personal ambitions, especially those related to creation. However, it is also risky, especially for young people. Part of the reason is the negative perception caused by the public's misunderstanding of Gothic subculture. The value that young people find in sports can be proved by the persistence of Gothic subculture, while other subcultures (such as the neo-romantic movement) in the 1980s have disappeared.

Goth

Do you often feel like a devil? Do you often wish that you would not appear during the day? You always like black T-shirts? Maybe you are Goth, but you don't know.

Do you often indulge in the feeling of depression and get a strange pleasure in painful meditation? Then you really have gothic tendencies. However, if you like to get this feeling by violence, then you are not a Goth at all, it is just a mental illness.

Your closet is full of black clothes? Then you may be a Goth.

Do you think so?

Start with the basics: hair, face, skin, clothes. Please refer to the six Gothic models and deal with them according to your own situation. Be careful, don't wear Marilyn. Manson's black T-shirt, that's shocking rock, not Gothic rock.

After that, look and look. It is extremely necessary to show extreme despair and pain-how can you be indifferent to the world and society? Laugh, and it is extremely cold smile. In Goths, smiling is equivalent to letting Robert? Cool guys like De Niro play Donald Duck.

Furthermore, you can consider piercing a hole in a certain part of your body and adding some metal ornaments.

Of course, you should know that Goth is not only a fashion, but also a way of life. You must show extraordinary darkness in all aspects of life, whether it is food, clothing, housing and transportation.

You can also keep a small pet of a rodent, such as a mouse. Rodents are essentially goths, so you should always communicate philosophical problems with them.

There is another unique skill. You can buy a coffin as a bed for the weekend. That's really a Goth home.

Then you can check it and ask yourself a few questions: Do I look like a ghost? Are my friends and family always scared by me? Do I dress like the scary night of Halloween every day? If the answer is yes, then congratulations, you are gothic enough!

[Edit this paragraph] Freshmen representatives

Brief introduction of founder DC

DC (Dancing Zombie Dancing Zombie)

Specialty: photography, makeup, modeling.

DC is a new myth. When it comes to Gothic, we have to talk about the Gothic dynasty in DC. The Gothic dynasty was founded by DC and was the leader of 5 1 Goths. It can be said that it is all his hard work. There are not many members, but they are all United. Now the Gothic style has been blowing in Shenzhen, and boys and girls are scrambling to imitate DC, dressing up as Goths, wearing black clothes, silver jewelry and dyeing black hair.