How old is goth

SugarfootWillie Concerned Bystander 2, The Wife of Hawks 17, As long as you're not hurting anyone, you should dress however you like. BastementSparkle 20, People judge a strange amount of things based off clothes though, so yeah. Be wary of that. Neon Proxy PinkieatHeart February 8, Stormlight 1, Leave a Whisper I guess when your old and wrinkly maybe? CaptainDoubloon Comic Sans Not at all. If it makes you happy then go for it. Kyoshi 37, February 9, You can rock the goth look when you are in your 80's if you want to.

That's how I see it. Badges 4. SilyGeny February 10, EpicEnergy 19, June 6, I don't think so, you can dress goth no matter how old you are in my opinion.

Badges 5. Dreambiscuit 6, June 8, Just be you. Over the decades, they have been unfairly blamed for high-school shootings, depression in teenagers and antisocial behaviour.

In reality, goths are a collective of people bound by a shared love of fashion, music and art. Goth emerged out of the punk scene in the north of England in the s. Its adherents are immediately recognisable by their black clothing and jewellery, their passion for artists such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Nick Cave and the Sisters of Mercy, and their fondness for imagery and lyrics referencing the macabre, darkness and death. And the eyeliner, of course.

Years of unfavourable press attention have bound goths together more tightly than other subcultures. Unlike other subcultures, says Hodkinson, goth culture tends to be close-knit as a result of this shared experience of victimisation.

Many goths stay active in the scene throughout their lives. I have been a goth since university. There was a girl — she was interesting and cool and she dragged me to a goth club. Nothing ever happened with her, but the goth thing stuck. I heard about the first Whitby Goth festival , in , through forums on the internet.

There were of us there. It completely exploded my mind. My dress sense has varied a lot over the years. I always make a big effort on Halloween. One year, I was a white wolf. I had lace-up white boots, a white gothic jacket and a wolf head.

I crept up behind my friend and growled at her. She ended up having a panic attack. I guess that outfit was a little too successful. I think because of my size, I get less abuse than other goths.

I can normally sort things out without fighting. A few years ago, I was in Camden, north London, with a girlfriend — we were all dressed up to go to a ball. People in the street started whistling The Addams Family theme tune. But we were quite proud of it. At one of the earliest Whitbys, a few idiots came up from Scarborough and decided they would try and intimidate us by blaring 80s music from a Vauxhall Corsa.

But the police moved them on pretty fast. Lots of goths tend to avoid customer-facing roles, because they get asked to tone down their outfits by their bosses. I had grabbed a T-shirt out of a drawer without looking at it and it had quite an offensive slogan on it, so that was fair enough.

I look good in them — as long as they are tailored. I have a theory that lots of goths were bullied growing up. Many people think being a Goth is something you grow out of, not into.

Which, if you stop to think about it, is preposterous. Goth is a subculture and for some a way of life, not an emotional template. If this is your whole reason for joining the Goth subculture, perhaps you should re-think things.

Also, while there is absolutely nothing wrong with dating someone younger than yourself, if all of your romances are with younger people, be prepared for gossip and possibly unkind comments.