How To Be Goth
- November 17, 2008
- 31,812 Views
Writer
William_Kim
Voice Over Artist
Peter Coleman
Music (track 1)
Misha Kolesoski
Music (track 2)
James Panepinto
Director/Actor/Post-Production
Jenn Ramsay
Though people tend to judge them, goths are all about acceptance. And a preoccupation with death.
You Will Need
- Goth music
- Hair dye
- Black clothing
- Military boots
- White foundation and powder
- Black eyeliner
- Blood-red or black lipstick
- Black nail polish
- Gel
- Goth accessories, like spikes and silver chains
- Piercings
Step 1: Buy music
Buy some gothic music. Goth rock bands include Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, and Bauhaus.
Step 2: Dye your hair
Dye your hair. Black is traditional, but any unusual color will do. Create spikes with gel if you like.
Step 3: Dress in black
Dress all in black to express your belief in the meaninglessness of life, to make the statement that everything eventually decays and spirals into chaos, and to signify your contempt for “pretty” colors.
Goth girls wear a lot of black corsets and fishnet or mesh tops.
Step 4: Accessorize
Accessorize to taste with silver chains and jewelry, spiked collars, black leather glovelettes, skull belt buckles, studded bootstraps, and so on. Consider getting your lip, tongue, nose, and/or an eyebrow pierced.
Step 5: Wear boots
Put on black military boots.
Step 6: Wear makeup
Cover your face in white foundation and powder. Go heavy on the black eyeliner, and finish it off with black or blood-red lipstick. Paint your nails black.
To learn what goth looks like, check out album covers or stop by a goth nightclub.
Step 7: Read up
Go to the library. Most goths are well read in philosophy, classic literature, history, religion, history, and politics. In fact, psychologists have noted that goths tend to be more intelligent and creative than the average person.
The term “goth” was coined by the manager of Joy Division, who described the band as “gothic compared with the pop mainstream.”
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Comments (11)
Ha Ha! I like how the narrator talks all funny!!! i just think goth peeps r halarious! i don't know why!!! =D
about 1 year ago by funnybobert
nice voice, man :D
over 3 years ago by Andza194
Do I sense some cynicism in this guy's tone of voice?
over 3 years ago by norgon
Like a true, albeit awkward goth, I burned all photographic evidence.
over 3 years ago by jenw
I love the goth at the library and this VO is so funny!
over 3 years ago by HeatherM
Awesome video man!
over 3 years ago by dblack88
My friend dresses like this, and she isn't goth....
3 months ago by LovingLife
okthat is not how gothic people talk thats how a gay 34 year old man talks
about 1 year ago by Sam_Daphane_Tonn
Where was this video when I was going through my awkward Goth phase? I could have been so much more goth, so much more cooler
over 3 years ago by jenw
You know- not all goths are intelligent and well read...(Especially the well emerged new mallgoths) &;lt;---Bad generalization, but tends to be true.
over 2 years ago by Clockworked
I think this video is so stupid, you can just be goth its a life choice and a subculture something many people don't research or care to understand. For me this is just another stereotype kind of thing only showing some of the cosmetics of goth not what goth is.
over 2 years ago by Aaron_Chistopher
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