Shallow Fashion Details, Fountain pens, and "The Scene"

[cupcake_goth]

On Wednesday night at the Vogue, a young lady asked me if it ever "picked up" there. I said that it did a bit later on, but that not a lot of people made it out on weeknights. "But it's Goth night!" she replied in slightly scandalized tones.

Yes, yes, Wednesday is Goth night (so is, I suppose, Tuesday night at the Merc, but since I haven't attended DIE in over a year, I'm not going to talk about it). I remember when Fridays at the Vogue were also a variant of Goth night (as opposed to the stompy mixed with 80s night it's been for a while); I remember when Fridays at the Merc were gothier than they are now. But the harsh truth is Seattle's Goth scene is more industrial and ebm nowadays, and I don't see that changing any time soon, no matter how much I stamp my pointy boots.

But! When I go out to the Vogue on Wednesday nights (or the rare Friday night), I keep seeing other Goths that I don't recognize. Gothy-goths, all dressed up and wearing gothy makeup. Could it be that my Seattle isn't Goth anymore assumptions are all wrong? Gosh, I hope so. One of these evenings, I might even go and talk to one of these mysterious Other Goths and find out where they've been hiding.

A question for those of you who DO go to the Mercury on a regular basis: has it gotten any better? The past few times I actually went out, it seemed overwhelmingly crowded, smokey, and kind of "the same old thing". I'd like to be able to go out on weekends, but those previous experiences at the Mercury didn't really thrill me. I may start going to the Vogue on Fridays more often, just so I CAN go out on the weekends.

(In a perfect world, djeternaldarkne would get Friday nights back, and would play just a smidge more swirlygoth music, just for me.)




Today's Shallow Fashion Details:

• pointy-toe Fluevog flats w/ big silver buckles


• black tights


• b&w stripy skirt w/ black lace hem, in a vaguely mermaid style: the front is a straight panel, the back is half a circle skirt that has been gathered just below the knees


• white high-collared blouse w/ a black-edged, white ruffle jabot, adorned with a black cameo pin


• black stretchy high-collared princess-seamed jacket w/ a batwing point hem, unbuttoned to mid-bosom so the ruffly jabot cascades properly


• hair in two low pigtails, the usual black feather-adorned top hat


• makeup consisting of concealer, translucent powder, black eyeliner on the upper & lower lids, a sheer wash of red shadow in the crease of my eyelids, and Vamp lipstick

Yesterday, one of the items I recently won off of eBay showed up: a black fountain pen with an overlay of a silver spiderweb design. It's very nifty, and I want to go sit somewhere with a nice notebook and write with it. Not that I have anything I desperately need to sit down and write out in longhand, but the fountain pen is gorgeous. I've discovered that there is a specific ink blend that not only is a gorgeous deep red color, but is rose-scented. I think I need to find some for this pen, yes indeed.

Comments

[djeternaldarkne.livejournal.com]

I so fully agree. the stuffed lobster who is my desk companion and I would LOVE to see more gothy gothy folks out on Wednesday. I know it's light attendance, but damn it, I want more of the gothy folks to show up for it.

[bluejay23.livejournal.com]

http://www.inkpalette.com/prod.htm
http://www.jherbin.com/fountain_pen_inks.shtml

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Oooooh. If I can't find the ink locally this weekend, then I'll order it from one of those sites.

[fufaraw]

I second the rec for J. Herbin inks. I'm gradually switching to their inks in all my fountain pens. Something to look out for with some of the silver overlay spiderweb pens is fatigue. I'd use the pen for signatures, checks, anything you can sign with a flourish. But if you plan to write for any length of time with it, make sure it isn't too heavy, or too lumpy to sit well in the hand.

Also? Rajoyoda has a spiderweb ballpoint. Middle of the page.

[balzacq.livejournal.com]

The Merc is pretty much the same as it's been for some time, and I don't really see it changing much unless one of the DJs quits. On the other hand, I'm pretty comfortable there except for the lack of much *goth music to dance to. (I like crowds and "the same old thing". Yes, I'm weird that way.)

BTW, are you going to C10?

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Nope, no C10 for me. I'm going to a friend's wedding in SF instead. :)

[the-monkey-king.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the Further Decline of Almost Everything.

And might I be so bold as to suggest, er, penning the next Gothic Miss Manners with rose-scented red ink?

With the pen

[ladymoira.livejournal.com]

Write letters!!! ;) Though I am one to talk. I am averaging maybe one per year. Though it is better than the 0 I used to complete!

It *is* a beautiful pen!

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you won it! I have to ask what clever search phrase did you use to stumble across it, or is that a trade secret? ;-)

Re: It *is* a beautiful pen!

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Er ... "spider pen"? I completely lucked into finding it via searching on a whim.

Re: It *is* a beautiful pen!

[ozitonaranjo.livejournal.com]

Rory made one. His is blue w/ black marbling and w/ gold spiderweb, though.

I'll have to tell him about those inks.

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

I'm becoming sadly burnt out on Friday nights at the Merc. My line tonight was that I wish 10 bands I like would suddenly release new songs, so that the ones I want to dance to aren't the ones I'm tired of.

I want Wednesday-night-Vogue music on Friday night. That's what I want. Yes.

(BTW, you look exceedingly cute with your hair in pigtails. I didn't get a chance to tell you that during the shopping trip.)