Leather, Lace & Lethal Vocals: Women of Metal Fashion
(Pinterest Board for more inspo) Female fronted bands and artists are becoming more comfortable expressing femininity. Whether this be a ‘Coquette’ style we see from Poppy or Countess Dracula from Amira Elfeky. In a community with hundreds of subsections of styles on top of the never ending weekly trends, artists are becoming less afraid of […]
Corporate Goth – An Analysis
One of my favourite outfit trends right now is corporate goth. Even if I don’t consider myself a goth, I love that being tattooed and dressing hauntingly is being normalised. Which got me thinking, why I have been resonating with the latest alternative look? Let’s start with the basic: I work in an office. Obviously […]
I Didn’t Grow Up Alternative, But I Found Myself Anyway
I find it kind of ironic that my main focus of this blog is alternative fashion when I have only been dressing this way confidently for the last three years or so. This lead me to do some self reflection on how my taste in music and fashion has evolved over the years. As a […]
Survivors Guide – Corporate Goth in Summer
As someone who is obsessed with customising her real-life avatar, I have had to learn the hard way how to adapt to corporate dress codes. I will preface this entry with the fact that my office is not customer facing so we are allowed certain leniencies. I’ve separated the below into categories for those struggling […]
My New Role Model: Mylessa Mochi and The Dark Muse System
I never thought I would find myself missing being in a school environment. Learning new things everyday and having like minded individuals to discuss the good and the boring with. These feelings were more inflamed when I accompanied my sister to a university open day, an arts school to be specific. And while she was […]
What Does Fashion Mean to Me?
I have always loved dresses and clothes ever since I could remember. Playing with Barbie’s and Bratz dolls is what I remember the most of before I started secondary school. I would spend hours collecting my best outfits while dressing up my favourite doll of the time. I gave my favourite doll all the outfits […]