Where do you buy your clothes?

[metum_capere]

back on topic though: where do i shop: well, i have so much clothing from over the years that i really don't need to shop 4 clothes. i wear a lot of vintage dresses and stuff i rip apart and make into something else that i get from estate sales, rummage sales, thrift store etc. if you have a good sense of your personal style, you can find something everywhere.
i find a good amount of goodies at the mall. *shock* yes, i know..
i do find good deals in dillards in the clearance sections in both juniors and womens brand name departments. sometimes i find stuff at penny's or sears too. i know that i have to wear a-line shapes so this limits me to a few styles of clothing. i can't do a lot of the clothes that are popular right now, so i stick to my basic clingy velvet, lace, satin etc tops and corsets.
you can buy some great patterns from walmart or a fabric shop, and make your own gothy clothes. just buy good materials that you like and experiment, that's the best way to find your style.
now there are of course online shops and ebay and amazon and gothic auctions, but some of my fav's are pennalangon for shoes, and morticia for clothes as well as drac in a box. hot topic has a good amount of quality items that can be dressed up express your personal style.
i just bought a great skirt from hot topic: it's long black velvet with bunched tulle on the bottom. very pretty, i think tripp makes it.
hot topic caries a variety of items for most pop culture and musical genres, from goth to rap to charlie the unicorn to south park tee's. they offer exposure to difference sub-cultures to kids in places where they may never get the exposure otherwise. it's out jobs as elders to educate the younger kids just getting into goth what our culture means. bashing them for being interested is weird. really weird.
if we don't embrace the younger kids, they will twist the culture into something unrecognizable and ugly. like icp. lol. but anyway, don't be greedy. share the knowledge.

[nis~sijai]

I pretty much shop everywhere, from the department stores, to the Goodwill. Occasionally I'll even pick something up from *gasp* Hot Topic (Although I generally just rummage through, and subsequently reck the Clearance rack ).

I've found some great shirts and jackets at Burlington Coat Factory during the holiday sales (It was a riot in there).

Basically, you can find great "Goth" clothes pretty much anywhere as long as you look hard enough.

[Raivyn]

Everywhere. I'll shop at the mall.. as much as I hate to say it, Deb and Hot Topic are stores I frequent, though I don't really buy much there. Random clearance items. I like to go to the local Salvo and other secondhand stores when I've got extra cash to blow, too. And various craft stores to get fabrics and buttons and stuff to customize the stuff to match my taste.

[Arashi]

Originally Posted by DRM

Why can't you buy from Ebay any longer?

At the time of that post, I was in the middle of being completely ripped off by Paypal and a buyer from something I sold on Ebay. My paypal(more like payfraud) account was put into a negative balance, so I couldn't use it to buy anything via Ebay. Eventually, I gave into restoring the negative balance, leaving me out of both the item I sold and $30. >c

Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity

Where in Chicago are you at?

Southside suburbs.

(Yay for replying to month-old posts.)

[flawed-mentality]

thrift stores ,antique stores and lower name stores,buy them cheep then spend decent amount of money to alter them...such as fabric dye,
new or vintage buttons,sewing form fitting them etc...only way to ensure that you are the only person to wear that specific style of garment

[Catch]

I go to retail stores. It doesn't matter what store though, but I like new clothes. I'll go downtown to small shops looking for business, department stores, and different malls around town to see if they have anything I like.

[Mealla]

I shop at a lot of different places. Anywhere I can find something I like pretty much. There's a store in the mall that's not a chain that's family-owned and has a lot of nice stuff. They also have a habit of selling me nearly everything I buy cheaper than the set price. Target also has nice stuff, I've gotten a few things at Burlington Coat Factory before. I also tend to check department stores. They can be pricey, but when they have a sale going on you can find some neat stuff. Got one of my favorite jackets (purple brocade trench coat) from one of the department stores half price when they were having a sale. Sometimes I browse the racks at thrift stores here and there. Since the websites are really expensive, I don't get much online, but I have bought a select few outfits, boots, or accessories online when I have extra cash to spend. Junkman's Daughter in L5P downtown is fun to look at, but they're so overpriced I rarely buy anything there.

[jigsaw]

um i buy my clothes at fuck the mainstream ht and vampfangs and i get belts and watknot from ebay

[nis~sijai]

Originally Posted by jigsaw

um i buy my clothes at fuck the mainstream ht and vampfangs and i get belts and watknot from ebay

[Solumina]

Lately I have really taken a liking to Banana Republic. Their clothing actually fits me off the rack, the fabrics are soft and sumptuous, the clothes are extremely well constructed, and they use a lot of rich jewel tones (which look fabulous on me) so I don't mind spending a decent amount cuz I get exactly what I want.

[RavenHallows.]

Second hand stores in general, but if I were to see something I like in say H&M I wouldn't be shy to go and get it. For instance today I found the PERFECT sunglasses in NewYorker (and yes, Febuary IS the best time to shop for sunglasses).

[Kij.]

Originally Posted by Sanguine Mind

You are about to be Destroyed...

First, Get a spell/grammer checker, you seem to have the intellegence of a 3rd Grader.

Secondly, you mainly shop at Hot Topic? I understand they have some decent stuff, but do you realize how expensive that crap is? and it's all cheaply made. I don't think you've been "goth" long enough for it to fall apart (which isn't that long).

Thirdly, Please die...

You need to get a life. And stop saying you'll destroy everyone. It's annoying.

Originally Posted by Solumina

Lately I have really taken a liking to Banana Republic. Their clothing actually fits me off the rack, the fabrics are soft and sumptuous, the clothes are extremely well constructed, and they use a lot of rich jewel tones (which look fabulous on me) so I don't mind spending a decent amount cuz I get exactly what I want.

I've got a black shirt from Banana Republic, it's stretch material and has a pointed coller(OMG is that how you spell colla---wait, never mind{I HATE ENGLISH LANGUAUGE!!!!!})COLLAR(sorry), it's my favorite shirt. Oh my God, I forgot how to spell... *smack*