"From corsets and cloaks, to vamps and steampunk aficionados, this fascinating account of gothic fashion is a sumptuous banquet of words and pictures."
Guaranteed to give the goths in your life good reason to grin, Katie Godman’s Gothic Fashion The History: from Barbarians to Haute Couture presents an informative, photo-rich feast of Gothic clothing and culture, with its links to literature, folklore and film revealed in fascinating detail.
After taking readers back to the Germanic 5th-century origins of Goth culture, Godman runs through the history of Gothic fashion mainstays, among them billowing sleeves, corsets, cloaks, ruffs, silver jewellery, and vampire chic. Literary Gothic Romanticism and Regency Gothic fashion of the 18th-century is covered in detail (think Ann Radcliffe, Byron and Shelley) before we flounce to the Victorian era, which gave rise to the Victorian Gothic sub-style of top hats, tailcoats, capes, and grand funereal gowns.
Throughout, details on fashion from the past is artfully interwoven with contemporary examples that show how historic styles have prevailed, and morphed into new motifs, with the final chapter on Modern Goths presenting the full gamut of Goth fashion culture, including cyberpunk, steampunk, Gothic Lolita, carnival and burlesque goth, and Gothic grunge.
From the ancient barbarians responsible for the fall of Rome, to the black-lipped teenager updating their Instagram from a graveyard, Goths have been with us for a long time. Ideas about what is Gothic have changed and mutated, but a fascination with the dark and dramatic has remained a constant. A History of Gothic Fashion charts Gothic dress from its ancient and medieval origins to its various revivals and romanticised rebirths, examining its cultural inspirations including folk lore, 19th-century novels, the silver screen and rock music.
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From the ancient barbarians responsible for the fall of Rome, to the black-lipped teenager updating their Instagram from a graveyard, Goths have been with us for a long time. Ideas about what is Gothic have changed and mutated, but a fascination with the dark and dramatic has remained a constant.
Gothic Fashion The History features in the following genres: Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, National or regional costume / textiles, The Arts, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Fashion and textile design
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Gothic Fashion The History was written by Katie Godman and published by Unicorn Publishing Group
Gothic Fashion The History has 184 pages
