Goth Women, Girls

Although most of the time you can readily see someone who adheres to the Gothic lifestyle, and considers themselves a Goth, the reality is, by Goth standards, Goth is mostly what you interpret it to be, and can be expressed in a multitude of ways. At least that's the theory.

While real Goths do acknowledge this, still most embrace a certain, unmistakable look which leaves little question as to what they represent.

Now across cultures this can change. For example, Japanese Goth, at least with women, has a more of a Lolita and cosplay look than those in the Western world will have. That's a strongly cultural practice expressed through the prism of Goth.

Western female Goths, for the most part, dress in a darker, more sinister way, usually with the heavy dark eye shadow and dark clothes.

There are also hybrids of Goths, as far as fashion goes, including blending with punk, steampunk, and other subcultures.

In this article we'll look primarily at the fashion of what would be considered a more pure Goth look, although not from a superior attitude, but from a traditional lifestyle, if the word traditional and Goth can be included together.

Gothic Western women, as mentioned, have the very dark eye makeup and dark clothing, as this first image reveals. There are of course many different accessories, hair and outfits, but this is as close to a ubiquitous look as you'll get with Gothic women living in the West.

In this next photo we get a good look at the general way Japanese Goths dress, including that Lolita look that is so popular in the country. This is very typical of how Japanese girls and young women dress.

The photo of the young women below was taken at a Gothic festival, and it's highly unlikely the girls below are living a Goth lifestyle. Even though Goths dress and live in a creative manner and without set rules and guidelines, as mentioned, there is still a certain way real Goths dress, and this is more cosplay than it is real.

Here's another look at Japanese young Goth women, with a different look than those in the photo above. These have the elevated shoes - very popular among many Goths - and those nice-looking black hat and bow.

A significant number of Goth women like to dress in Victoria fashion, as seen below, along with including props. In this case the umbrella and cross stand out. There are even some Gothic people who claim to be Christians, which may be the case with this Goth woman, although the cross as a Gothic symbol outside of Christianity is part of the subculture.

We finish this brief look at Gothic women with this photo of another very traditional Gothic outfit. the dark eye shadow, lipstick and clothing easily identify this young woman as living the lifestyle of a Goth.

A look at the photo below will show you another photo of a true female adherent to Goth, as you can compare it with the one above to see how different she really looks. Interestingly, in the Western world, contrary to the East, you see very few Goths smiling when having their picture taken.