History of Goth

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Changed: 3c3

Goths affect a pale, "haunted" appearance and nocturnal habits. They often wear make-up, paleing the cheeks, while accenting lids and lips with dark colour, most commonly black. Hair is often dyed black, but unnatural shades of red or blue are not unheard of. Goths often wear an abundance of silver jewellery (the ankh? symbol is popular). Clothing is usually of plain colour (black being again the favourite), sometimes with frilly accessories as worn by noble folk of past centuries. The pseudo-Edwardian? look is a favorite.

Goths affect a pale, "haunted" appearance and nocturnal habits. They often wear white make-up to pale the cheeks and accent their eyelids and lips with black or another dark colour. Hair is usually dyed black, but streaks of red or blue are also common. Goths often wear an abundance of silver jewellery (ankh?s, dragons, and elaborate crosses are popular). Clothing is usually plain coloured (black being again the favourite), sometimes with frilly accessories as worn by noble people of past centuries. The pseudo-Edwardian? look is a favorite.

Changed: 5c5

Except that women often sport elaborate dresses, the outfit of the sexes do not differ by much, so male Goths may wear make-up, long hair and lace blouses, which modern western culture closely associates with women.

Male and female outfits do not differ much, except for dresses worn by women sometimes. Male Goths may wear make-up, long hair and lace blouses (modern Western culture associates blouses and visible make-up with women).

Changed: 7,9c7

The Goth subculture has their own genre of music as well. It has been speculated that the Goth aesthetic originated in the early 1800's as a response to the ubiquity of tuberculosis and that its modern revivial was a response to the AIDS epidemic.

The Goth subculture has their own genre of music. It is part heavy metal and part New Age, and part completely original.

Added: 10a9

It has been speculated that the Goth aesthetic originated in the early 1800's as a response to wide-spread tuberculosis and that its modern revivial was a response to the AIDS epidemic.

Added: 11a11

Goths should not be stereotyped as depressed, disaffected youths, because not all of them are. There are also varying degrees of "Goth-ness", so a hard-core Goth is not the same as a person who likes to wear Gothic clothes.