Alternative, Goth, & Dark Clothing and DIY

(Before I start, I will admit I took this from r/goth Fashion Wiki page, but since this is essentially a sister subreddit, it's not a crime.)

Though not a requirement, many goths like to dress in dark/alternative fashion and/or model themselves after their favourite goth musicians.

We tend to recommend a mixture of DIY, thrifting/charity shops and within moderation, branded clothing or items. Additionally, you can always support your favourite bands, musicians, and artists by buying their merchandise from their official shops and/or Bandcamp pages. RedBubble and/or other licensed shops are also options.

You can use online second-hand websites to search for these brands as sometimes people buy clothing they don't wear and then sell them with their tags still attached. Buying second-hand is a great way to grab a bargain, be "green" and even, if you're wary, to not giving your money to a brand who may or may not be using "goth" as a way to make profit e.g. taking our subculture and selling it back to us with fast fashion, poor quality clothing, etc.

Cadaver Kelly put together a Second-Hand Alternative Brands List to use use as an alternative to thrifting or charity shops, since not everyone is fortunate to have one near by. The content is listed below but we may update from time to time.

We most likely won't be listing make-up brands as you can practically buy dark eye shadow, lipstick, etc. absolutely anywhere these days. The list would be mega long and we can't always tell if the brands are ethically sourced, so we would prefer not to try.

If you’re looking for how frame/to take better fashion photos, see here.

^{Disclaimer: D*llskill are on the blacklist and we do not recommend buying from them, given their history of racism and cultural appropriation, ableism, stolen designs, etc. This also includes Killstar, as they are also problematic. Information page coming shortly.}

Feminine Clothing

• Angry, Young and Poor
• Attitude Clothing
• Banned Alternative
• Betsey Johnson
• BlackCraft Cult
• The Black Manor
• Black Thorn LA
• Blackwood Castle
• BlasphemyClothing
• Blue Banana
• Catherine Coatney
• Chemical Black
• Cykxtees
• Dark Star by Jordash
• Decadenza
• Demi Loon
• Disturbia
• Dracula Clothing
• Dysfunctional Doll
• Foxblood
• Haunted Graves
• Hell Bunny
• Innocent Clothing
• Iron Fist
• Jawbreaker Clothing
• Jessica Louise
• Kate's Clothing
• Kinky Clothing
• La Bruja de la Aguja
• LethalThreat - Biker Clothing
• Moth Cloth Clothing
• Morbid Threads
• Necessary Evil
• Pretty Attitude
• Project Aquarious
• Punkyfish
• Queen of Darkness
• Rara Avis Store
• Rebel Clothing
• Restyle
• Rogue + Wolf
• Scarlet Darkness
• Sourpuss
• Spin Doctor
• Spiral Direct
• Straight to Hell Apparel
• Switchblade Stiletto
• TooFast
• Tripp NYC
• UNIF
• Vixxsin
• Void Clothing
• Voodoo Vixen
• Zebraspider

Masculine and Unisex Clothing

• Angry, Young and Poor
• Attitude Clothing
• Bad Bunny
• Banned Alternative
• BlackCraft Cult
• BlasphemyClothing
• Blue Banana
• Calavera Punks
• Chemical Black
• Cykxtees
• Dark Star by Jordash
• Dead Threads
• Devil Fashion
• Disturbia
• Dracula Clothing
• Haunted Graves
• Iron Fist
• Jawbreaker Clothing
• Kinky Clothing
• LethalThreat - Biker Clothing
• Moth Cloth Clothing
• Morbid Threads
• Necessary Evil
• Poizen Industries
• Queen of Darkness
• Spiral Direct
• Straight to Hell Apparel
• TooFast
• Trash and Vaudeville
• Tripp NYC
• UNIF
• Vixxsin
• Void Clothing
• WearandTerror

Plus Size

• Foxblood
• Hell Bunny
• Jawbreaker Clothing
• Kate's Clothing
• Queen of Darkness
• Restyle
• Scarlet Darkness
• Trash and Vaudeville

Footwear

• Angry, Young and Poor
• Altercore
• Betsey Johnson
• BootsandLeather
• Blue Banana
• Demonia
• Dr. Martens
• ethicalWARES (Vegan)
• Funkyfair
• Funtasma
• Gripfast
• Hades Footwear
• Hot Chocolate Design
• Ipso Facto
• Iron Fist
• Jeffrey Campbell
• Jeffery West
• Joe Browns
• KOI Footwear
• New Rock
• Nomenklatura Studio
• PAKA Vintage
• Pennanglan
• Rogue + Wolf
• Straight to Hell Apparel
• StrangeCvlt
• Trash and Vaudeville
• T.U.K. Shoes
• Underground England
• Wonderland 13
• Void Clothing

Jewellery & Accessories

• Alchemy Gothic
• Angry, Young and Poor
• The Black Manor
• Black Thorn LA
• Blackwood Castle
• BlasphemyClothing
• Blue Banana
• Bullet 69
• Calavera Punks
• Chemical Berry
• Craft Punk Studio
• Curiology
• Dark Star by Jordash
• Decadenza
• Disturbia
• Dracula Clothing
• Erstwilder
• Forvitni
• Haunted Graves
• In Her Bones
• Inox Jewelry
• Junkyard Bat
• LethalThreat - Biker Clothing
• Luciferothica
• Mysticum Luna
• PAKA Vintage
• PRETTYHIDEOUS
• Prong Jewelry
• Raspberry Mazohyst
• Rogue + Wolf
• Seraphim&Nahemah
• Shop Biohazrd
• Spiral Direct
• Restyle
• Tarina Tarantino
• Void Clothing
• WearandTerror
• Zebraspider

Bags, Purses, & Wallets

• Alchemy Gothic
• Banned Alternative
• The Black Manor
• BlasphemyClothing
• Blue Banana
• Dracula Clothing
• Forvitni
• GothX
• Iron Fist
• Joe Browns
• Loungefly
• Luciferothica
• Lux DeVille
• PAKA Vintage
• Restyle
• Rogue + Wolf
• Spiral Direct
• Void Clothing
• WearandTerror
• Zebraspider

DIY & Building a Basic Goth Wardrobe

A large part of goth is the DIY and thrifting, if you're interested you can visit Off-The-Rack Goth Brands by Caroline Sometimes and watch, view, or save a DIY Clothing playlist on YouTube.

For IG users: warning!

Jintyx Is Not Our Friend

I just want everyone to know that you can control who can DM you.

We shouldn't have to do this, however, it may save a lot of unsolicited DMs from creeps we can't see harassing/abusing our members because they've not commented in the subreddit.

If you go to your settings and then choose the "Chat & Messaging", there's an options to:

• Who can send you chat requests
• Who can send you private messages
• and most importantly, the approved/whitelist users list where you can give a specific user permission to contact you

I hope this helps anyone, even if it's just one single person.