Why I think Gothic Beauty magazine is god awful....

[isobel black]

Originally Posted by Catch

It's an especially bad message to people, because it is related to this horror story where this old women hires young boys to be friends with her granddaughters and then kills them. The woman wearing a wedding dress thinks she was stood up, but her boyfriend is buried in the basement. I don't recall the name of the story; however, portraying a woman who is broken and desperate to get away from her family couldn't be all that good.

I must admit I've never seen a copy of Gothic Beauty and didn't really follow the thread, but this sounds a lot like Dickens' Great Expectations.

In the novel Miss Havisham, a crazy old woman, grief-stricken because she was stood up on her wedding day, who still wears her tattered wedding dress (which is goth as fuck if you ask me), invites the protagonist Pip to play with her granddaughter Estella. It's in no way a horror story though, the boy isn't killed and the fiance really stood her up.

If there is a horror story like the one you mention is must be based on this.

[crucifix]

Originally Posted by TeapotScar

Just goes to show you- Gothic.net is the best resource out there. Ever.

*claps orgasmically* why yes, yes it is.

[Fae-wolf]

Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua

Ooh, yeah! 'Tis awesome!

sweetness!

[Catch]

Originally Posted by isobel black

I must admit I've never seen a copy of Gothic Beauty and didn't really follow the thread, but this sounds a lot like Dickens' Great Expectations.

In the novel Miss Havisham, a crazy old woman, grief-stricken because she was stood up on her wedding day, who still wears her tattered wedding dress (which is goth as fuck if you ask me), invites the protagonist Pip to play with her granddaughter Estella. It's in no way a horror story though, the boy isn't killed and the fiance really stood her up.

If there is a horror story like the one you mention is must be based on this.

Mrs. Havisham sounds right. Anyway, there is a group of Goths and Gamers who dress up like characters in literature. That is the group Goth Beauty seems to cater to. It is okay, I guess, but it looks weird in day-to-day modern life.

[Tam Li Hua]

Originally Posted by Catch

Mrs. Havisham sounds right. Anyway, there is a group of Goths and Gamers who dress up like characters in literature. That is the group Goth Beauty seems to cater to. It is okay, I guess, but it looks weird in day-to-day modern life.

I don't think that most of the pics in GB are intended for daily wear, unless you are talking about the ads for the clothing stores.

I think you need to read What is Goth? by Voltaire. He can explain the ideas behind the fashion a lot better than I can. XD

As for me, I fully intend to build up my Victorian-esque wardrobe, complete with parasols, mini-hats, and pointy, period-like boots.

[Tam Li Hua]

Catch: As for these Goths and Gamers you are talking about, I think you're confusing cosplay with what we Gamer Goths wear on a daily basis. Normally, cosplay for an anime/gaming/other nerdy convention is MUCH more fantastic and artsy than day-to-day Goth/Gamer wear.