Recently I overread (in other words, I saw a discussion on a forum) about if it’s okey to call the fashion-worlds goth-inspired look for actual goth fashion. This theme interessted me quite a bit. You all know the drill, every year, when it gets closer to autumn, then goth/rock/punk is sooo fashionable. There are spikes for sale on H&M, the “normal” girls wear fishnets and loads of black eyemakeup. And all the goths complain about it, whilst secretly stocking up on spikes and fishnets and black nailpolish. But really, what is the difference between fashion gothic, and gothic fashion? And how is fashion gothic different from the other designercollections?

(left: Alexander McQueen, right buycostumes.com)

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