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So. You want your bedroom decor to match your dark and twisted self. But where to begin? The walls of your room are your own personal background.  Although black is always an option, you don't have to paint your room black for it to be goth. In fact, if you have a smaller room, or damaged walls or obviously if you rent and you can't paint, just sit tight. We'll get to you in a bit.  So you have made the decision. Black.  Paint First, choose your paint well. A …

One of the current trends in the world of alternative fashion is symbols. Slapping a whole bunch of "dark and edgy" symbols on a dress or a purse and calling it Goth. That's all fine and dandy. Wear what you like. But what are you wearing? As in, what does it mean? Here we'll take a look at some of the common symbols found on alternative fashion and provide their meanings. Ankh The ankh is a classic goth symbol. It's an ancient Egyptian hierogly …

Do you have a goth type person on your list? Think they're hard to shop for?(caveats; every goth is different. As a general rule, a gift guide is generic. Please alter to suit your individual goth)Jewelry. You can't go wrong with jewelry. Well, actually, you can.We goth types tend to prefer non jewelry store type jewelry. goth types generally prefer silver or white gold to yellow gold. Some general themes goths like;moons, fairies, dragons, ankhs, bats! spiders, Semi-precious stones ( …

I want to dress goth but I can't afford it. Round 1. The Black Dress I have heard that hundreds of times on our facebook page. While there are expensive goth brands like Killstar and Lip Service, dressing goth is really more about how you put an outfit together- how you work with what you have. Yes, you can dress goth even by shopping at Walmart! 1. A basic Black Dress.Plain black dresses are easy to find and the benefit of a dress is you're getting a top and a bottom at one low pric …

GoodGoth has a lot of Facebook fans. Over 250,000.  Since FB has changed it's feed, it's harder than ever for us to talk to you. Basically, none of our posts are getting through now. Well, unless it's something like "Whats the grossest vegetable". That post got a lot of views. Not really very helpful from a business pov. I understand fb can do whatever they want to the feed. It's their company. But over the years we've spent lots of money building a community of fans. And now we c …