Gothic Charm School: pretty things

To be listed under “Things from Alchemy Gothic I don’t need, but oh my do I covet”. 

(Source: gothicrealm)

During times of stress, some people read really bad fic. ::coughcough minim coughcough:: I window-shop for gothtastic bling from Alchemy Gothic. 

Look, I’m not going to fib: if this necklace were still in stock at ReStyle, I’d probably buy it. It’s so gloriously over-the-top!

(Source: gothic-culture)

Layers of black ruffles and wandering through abandoned graveyards … I don’t care if they’re cliches, I love them.

I don’t care if they’re cliche, I still want them. 

(Source: the-monster-and-the-lady)

Tho’ really, if we’re talking about coffin handbags I covet, I will ALWAYS want the “bone casket” handbag from Alchemy Gothic. ::sigh::

marypsue:

gothconfessions:

submitted by anon

Wait, since when was ‘cartoonish’ a bad thing? I’d love to live a cartoonish life! My room would be all red and purple with wrought-iron fixtures and I could actually light all of my candles, there’d be a spooky bookstore in town with lots of books on mythology from around the world and a goth-themed teahouse that hosts regular poetry slams, and I could have all kinds of fabulous and illogical clothing that would never wear out or fade or get ripped or stained (and if it did, I’d have a closet full of identical items just in case).

That said, there really isn’t a ‘goth lifestyle’. Sure, some people (like the Lady of the Manners) may seem to incorporate a Halloween vibe into their every waking moment, but most people don’t really spend all their time listening to Bauhaus in graveyards or painting blood splatters onto their fingernails in a pink-and-black themed room full of incense and Monster High dolls. Everybody has to do basic human things (cooking, cleaning, and working included), and not everybody wants to make those basic human things spooky all the time. It’s up to you how you incorporate your goth side into your everyday life - or if you do at all.

Dear marypsue, thank you for writing this reply to the GothConfessions post, because you are absolutely correct. And for the record, I (and my other ElderGoth friends) don’t expect ANYONE to be uber-gothy at all times, least of all ourselves. Do the things that make you happy, folks, not because you feel you have to mark them off an Official Goth Checklist.

Hello, gothy cliche skirt! I think I need you. Yes. Via draculaclothing:

New Skirts on DraculaClothing

I … I kinda do want glow-in-the-dark nail polish. I admit it.

365daysofhalloween:

China Glaze Halloween nail polish collection 2011

Including, from left to right : Haunting, Crimson, Near Dark, It’s Alive, Goulish Glow : glow in the dark polish re-edition, Black Mesh : black crackle re-edition.

Haunting : Availability 13th Aug 2011

Undead undead undead.

americangothgirl:

Red velvet lines the black box.

The gothy cliche-ness of this photo just fills me with joy.

Okay, fine, yes. I want the V:tM 20th Anniversary Edition. Someone figure out a way to get me a copy? And while you’re at it, add another stamp to my cliche card, thanks.