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[cupcake_goth]

Thanks to some discussions with solstice_lilac and kambriel about dark mori and strega fashion, I finally broke down and created a pinterest board. (Yes, I'm on pinterest) https://www.pinterest.com/gothiccharmscho/witchy-fashion/

There's a LOT I like about the drapey, layered, hello-I-am-a-fairytale-witch look. (Go on, look surprised). Now I just need to stop listening to the Body Image Demons about how I'll look like a round pile of black laundry ...

(Wide elastic belts will probably help with that issue. That, and going with tunic tops where the fullness is through the hips, instead of giant baggy shirts and sweaters.)

(Who am I kidding? I am going to pile these layers under a fitted waistcoat. Which is pretty much what I already do.)

But anyway: feel free to go browse!

(Yes, one of my other pinterest boards is for gothic romance cover art. https://www.pinterest.com/gothiccharmscho/gothic-romances-to-track-down/)

Comments

[solstice-lilac.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting your Pinterest collection--this is both enlightening and familiar. Enlightening in that I didn't know that this style was a "style," and familiar in that it looks just like what I have been wearing for at least the last fifteen years, when I decided I was too much of a hippie goth for either of the other styles I loved--Victorian and deathrock--and too tall to legitimately wear anything labeled "pixie." But I just called it "hippie goth"! Now I see it's a whole thing.

It kinda has everything that calls to me, too. That Pinterest is like my Kryptonite. Long skirts, draped and layered fabrics and textures, asymmetrical and pointy hems, "distressed" texture, no corsets, no vinyl, and lunar jewelry. Ughughughugh. It makes me want to spend money. It's really good to feel inspired, though!