I'm guessing you've never encountered the "perky goth" subset of goth then. A google search should give you more than a few areas to look. As for the Lolita's looking innocent and sweet that's the whole idea. Sweet evil and innocent *looking*. Then you have the harajuku girls of Gwen Stefani fame. Yet another division in the Goth clothing movement. gothicauctions.com<http://gothicauctions.com>will show a number of DIYers who sell to others. I see a lot of square dance dresses adapted to Lolita (that's what I use for my clothes anyhow) and bustle skirts in any fabric is popular. Past Patterns #904 the polonaise dress is HUGE for Goth DIYers. I've made one version in PVC in fact. Right now I'm working on a black lolita nun dress.
B On 9/3/05, Lavolta Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > As for Goths, who I supect may be a rather large DIY crowd, I've never > been tempted to become one because, as far as I can tell from the > historic costumers I know who are also Goths, they hang out in clubs and > listen to modern music. I can't stand modern music. Also, I look awful > in black. But some of the ideas on the net I've seen are really > creative. The Gothic Lolitas seem far too sweet and innocent to be real > Goths though. While, as far as I know, none of my passing Goth > acquaintances actually drink blood, they seem pretty sophisticated. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume