It’s always easier to describe the nature of people whose style is backed by a subculture or movement. Basically, their lifestyle is already determined and their clothes have evolved from it. Gothic comes from music – specific dark rock (not metal as some incorrectly think). However, I’ll allow myself the “blasphemy” and say that I don’t think every gothic has to listen to this music. Respectively, it may be tricky to classify yourself as a part of a subculture if you’re not into what it was founded on, but no one can forbid you from shopping at a metalshop – or can they?

Often though, they will like the music, at least some bands, because – they generally like darkness and things of a melancholic nature. Now let’s forget all those prejudices like goths don’t laugh, cut themselves and worship the devil – that’s nonsense. They are usually very tolerant of people of different faiths, sexualities and lifestyles, and have a live and let live mentality. They can find beauty in things others find morbid. I would best describe what unites them and gives shape to their clothing as – they don’t necessarily seek out darkness, but they can and do find it fascinating, but the main thing is that they are not afraid of it.

While the rest of the population turns its face away from the inevitable reality of death, from the suffering of others, from unusual forms of sexuality that frighten and repel them – the goth girl takes it as a part of life that there is no point in running away from.