Facade

[Black Jack (1)]

This is where I fall sort to say cause for one my attire doesn't change unless it is required of me in the since of my personal well being (job). Is it wrong to always want to look your best or worst if that what makes you feel good? I must admit seeing others with god knows what on is amusing

, but then again are they real!

. As far as "The Scene" goes it's alright in my book and adding "Goth" is a little over the top for me which is why you will always see me genuinely as I am outside of it.

[Homicidalheathen]

I like being over the top. 'Normal' people think my boots look like frankenstiens boots.

[Nienna]

I look and act VERY different from everyday life to the club, and again am a third person a conventions, and a fourth person at Medieval Reinactments. I don't think it's necessarily bad, it's just that certain parts of my personality come out more prominently in different walks of my life. I'm rather professional in real life, flirty and geeky at con, sweet and very friendly at the Medieval things and really open and bold at CC. Go figure. LOL

[Homicidalheathen]

my biggest inner conflict....hippie or goth...depends on where I am I guess.

[Oh_My_Goth]

I dress for Me mood.....

[Guest GodfallenPromos]

I ALWAYS dress like I should be on a stage with a band.

....cuz those are all the clothes I got....lol

[GothicRavenGoddess (3)]

I dress like no one's gonna see me...

naw, j/k..... idk... i'd like to dress more "scene", but i can only dress in what i can afford.... which is still wal-mart shit... but, the cool thing is, i can afford to buy accesories, and alter my clothes to be a little more out there... tho, these days, its slow going, since i don't have a sewing machine, anymore... and i HATE sweing by hand... it takes too long yeah... so i usually wear a pair of jeans, and a t-shirt of some kind. if i had more money, i'd dress in corsets, and long dresses all day long, all the time..... but alas, i am stuck dressing like i am poor... ha, go figure... im broke as hell lmao

[hunhee]

I don't necessarily think it's bad to have different clothes, and different things you wear, to take on different persona's. I personally kinda like blending into the background, I don't really like sticking out.. If I'm at a goth club, I will dress appropriately, if I'm at a regular club, I will dress like the norm there. I wear more conservative clothes for work, and especially around my parents, don't like to scare them any more than I have to.

Is it fake? probably, but it's fun to be someone different for the night. It's fun to step outside yourself, and be more spontaneous and bold than you'd normally be. What would life be without a little spice in it?

[Scales]

I'd have to say I'm no more real or fake than anyone else, it's all based on ego. I'm not a huge club-goer and most of what I own is black, I do also have a love for wearing it. I try to keep things toned down, but wearing mostly black is more to me now about playing my part as authority because I disagree with authority. I'd have to say overall I'm more tuned-in to people's heads then they're clothes.

[Rev.Reverence]

I dress in comfortably cut clothes...in personally pleasing colors and patterns..some of my clothes are black.....

.....more of my clothes are tie-dyed..than not.....

I wear Davey Crockett boot/moccasins(brown)...or combats.....

That does not make me a Goth or a Punk or a Hippy.....It makes me a FREIK!!.. & Happy...

.....that was my point...HAPPY!!

(edit to say GOOD THREAD! )

[Black Jack (1)]

bump

[jynxxxedangel]

You mean every day isn't Hallowe'en?!? What am I going to do with all of these costumes??

[Head Wreck]

glue jeans and some cashmere sweater.

thats me day to day

[jynxxxedangel]

Mmmmmmmmm..cashmere. :drool :drool

Ooops, My Tourette's! I'll limit the rest of my sentiments for soft fabrics to the NSFW section.

[taysteewonderbunny]

But, but, but EVERYONE IS WEARING A COSTUME. Between uniforms and dress codes and what's fashionable this year and the dictates of one's subculture and/or society--between all the mismatched edicts, to actually pull something together that coordinates (or not) and still manages to get across one's personal flair WE ARE ALL IN COSTUME daily. Unless naked all the time.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

Different masks bring out different personas.

[Rev.Reverence]

Different masks bring out different personas.

Yes...they do...but if someone dons a mask to which they have NO PERSONA...what then?

Are they a fake? OR a "fad-ist"?

OR are they exploring the possibilities?

[Simon Bar Sinister]

Yes...they do...but if someone dons a mask to which they have NO PERSONA...what then?

Are they a fake? OR a "fad-ist"?

OR are they exploring the possibilities?

The mask itself will provide; just give it time.

[Rev.Reverence]

The mask itself will provide; just give it time.

...the great Peter J. Carrol, wrote, "Fake it till you make it"...so I can see what you're saying...

...but there are those who are "fad-ists" & as soon as there's a NEW mask...they have to go out & buy one...

..these peoples annoy me.

[e-jewell]

I don't necessarily think it's bad to have different clothes, and different things you wear, to take on different persona's. I personally kinda like blending into the background, I don't really like sticking out.. If I'm at a goth club, I will dress appropriately, if I'm at a regular club, I will dress like the norm there. I wear more conservative clothes for work, and especially around my parents, don't like to scare them any more than I have to.

Is it fake? probably, but it's fun to be someone different for the night. It's fun to step outside yourself, and be more spontaneous and bold than you'd normally be. What would life be without a little spice in it?

I don't think it's fake at all. Clothes are so irrelevent in the grand scheme of things. I just dress under the assumation I'll be too poor someday to use something so shallow as clothing to express who I am inside. There are much better ways to do so.

I used to spend Outrageous amounts of money on corsets, renaissance dresses, etc. Just because I liked them, and felt they defined me. Nowadays I prefer to blend in.