Styles and subcultures

(This blog has been really depressing recently from what I've read and I thought I would include some of things that I find interesting and what I'm actually like) Recently I found some styles that I have been quite intrigued about in different alternative styles and subcultures. I have always been defined as alternative by everyone I meet because my taste in music, clothes and likes are always different than everyone else's but I never really looked into it and just took it as a word.

I was going through all the clothes in my wardrobe and found out I own exactly 3 items that aren't plain black, a green summer dress I have never worn, a pair of blue knee length shorts I wear when I do parkour and a red shirt that I diy'ed and have only worn once or twice. My goal is to go through everything throw out whatever is to small, I will never use and cannot be edited into something I would wear, then replace everything I give away.

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My music taste is pretty varied but most if it sticks to rock while the others are from anywhere, I just listen to anything I like. At the moment I listen to The Cure, The Gazette, Girugamesh, Emilie Autumn, Within Temptation, Skillet, Nu'est and Eat You Alive so a mixture of languages as well.

Back to the original subject the styles/subcultures I have been looking into are goth and visual kei which I find both to be interesting. They both have different aspects that I like and would hope to include in my style in future.

(This is my understanding of the different subcultures so don't take my word on it and if I do say something wrong please write it in the comments as well as your definitions of these things)

Goth

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The word often used to describe that kid that hangs out at the cemetery  is depressed or in general, wears a lot of black. This isn't always true, a lot of goths aren't depressed and a lot of depressed people aren't goth also some parts such as cybergoth include a lot of colour into their clothing. Originally said to have started around the 70's with bands like Siouxie (pronounced Suzie) and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division and the Cure! (Might be associated with the East Germanic Tribe in some way, I don't know) Popular literature is Edgar Allen Poe (I love the poems he wrote) and Bram Stoker for the obvious reason.

Against common knowledge there are actually a lot of types of Goth styles out there such as Trad goths who seem to go for the big backcombed hair and fashion worn around the time goth came into being, cyber goths who wear a lot of neon colours and a more futuristic looks with gas masks and cyberlox, victorians who go for the ball gowns and medieval finery and there are many other types out there and combinations of a few. Fishnets, spikes and platform Demonia/New Rock appear to be common as well.

I like the subculture because of the amount of variety of people, music and fashion involved (as I have been told multiple times by people I know who are goth and give me all kinds of informative lectures about all the things they like about it)

For more information about Goth there is a lot here: http://ultimategothguide.blogspot.com.au/

Visual Kei/Jrock

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Based around music, hair and fashion, this style is about mixing everything you want to and creating all kinds of coordinates and hairstyles that turn out looking amazing. Also started by music with bands such as Luna Sea and X Japan (and a lot of others just naming some very well known ones), visual kei is about making your own style, normally darker themed with black and greys mixed with brighter colours.

 It was started in Japan in the early 1980's, there are other kinds of Kei that are more colourful such as oshare kei. In a lot of Jrock bands I suggest you don't guess a persons gender because you may turn out quite surprised.

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Popular bands are The Gazette, early Dir En Gray, Girugamesh, Alice Nine and Versailles.

I like this style because of the fashion and great music, as of yet I haven't been able to get the hair quite right but I'm getting there.

Also I'm dying my hair blue on Friday so I hope that turns out well.