There are tons of alternative (and specifically gothic-influenced) clothing brands: -Aderlass -Banned -Cyberdog -Dead Threads -Demonia -Disturbia -Dogpile -Heavy Red -Hell Bunny -Kreepsville 666 -Lip Service -Living Dead Souls -Morbid Threads -Necessary Evil -Poizon Industries -Queen of Darkness -Tripp NYC

@cindigonzalez7350

4 жыл бұрын

U can even find stuff on Dolls Kill

@thatbitchnoemie

3 жыл бұрын

@@cindigonzalez7350 Dolls Kill is racist trash

@golupous

3 жыл бұрын

@@cindigonzalez7350 do not support them they are unethical racist pieces of sh**.

@vampireskyy2003

3 жыл бұрын

@@golupous is killstar okay tho?

@golupous

3 жыл бұрын

@@vampireskyy2003 no they aren’t ok either they get their materials and have factories in countries where underprivileged are exploited. They are racist too as they don’t have a single poc/black models. Also their stuff is very cheesy and unoriginal...

Ahh, medieval/renaissance! That brings back many memories. Sadly, I missed the 90's by about 2 years, but there was still enough traces of it in the early 2000's for me to enjoy..I love how you just skipped over the rockabilly portion of that video ;-D

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I gave rockabilly a mention...I said it ;P Those dresses were truly beautiful.

I'm really glad I stumbled across your channel and see you reminisce about 90s goth stuff

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it! More reminiscing to come

This was a great video, it really took me back. And you know a LOT about fashion. Very nice!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! These were brands I lusted after as a teenager but couldn't afford at the time. Now as an adult it's funny because I find myself looking for them.

gurl that sip of tea at cyberpunk was hilarious~

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

I have friends who are into cybergoth and even married someone who has his fair share of cyber clothing and platform shoes so I thought my feelings on the matter were better left unsaid :P

Such nostalgia. I have a Jeannie Nitro dress still and I had one other, but it was ruined about seven years ago. When I was in high school, a lot of my things were thrown away by my parents, so unfortunately, my beautiful 90s wardrobe went bye bye (although I didn't have a lot of stuff. I had to save my money forever just to add one outfit to my closet). I had the morbid threads corset top you showed in the video with the purple panels, but I had red panels instead and a matching skirt to go with it. I still love clothes like this, but I tend to only wear it during the Winter now because I can't handle heat the way I could fifteen to twenty years ago.

Love love love this video! I appreciate the effort you put into making this!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

Love this, brought back so many memories and makes me realize how much I've missed over the past 14 years

The deathrock style in that video seems to be based on German artist Nina Hagen in the same way that the punk& post-punk(batcave) styles are based on Siouxie Sioux. She even makes the weird grimaces that Nina did(and still does). In Europe you would see people dressed like that in the alternative/gothic circles,even the conical hair, but I don't think anybody would call them deathrockers as it is not a familiar term here.

@NeonPegasus

8 жыл бұрын

So true. Nina is Nina :)

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Hmm, I didn't consider Nina-- Hasn't she always had black hair?

@NeonPegasus

8 жыл бұрын

Nope, she's had colourful hair many times and in the 80s she definitely sported blonde hair for a while. She's also had pinks, blues, various shades of red and yellow, etc. She has changed her look many times over the years.

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

NeonPegasus I wonder why I envision her with only black hair. My mother listened to her in the 80's. If memory serves she was even on MTV back then. I was very little though. Thanks for the info

@viciouslady1340

7 жыл бұрын

NeonPegasus i really like the Hindu music she recorded too

I love to rewatch this honestly 😭 for the clothing compilation and your descriptions, beautifully done video🖤 I saw the Lip Service black sacred heart dress and had to have it, finally hunted it down recently.

I've been a goth clothing collector since the 90s - you completely jogged my memory back to the late 90s with "perky goth." Great video! Love that you are archiving this important genre of clothes/fashion!

Thanks for this blast from the past! Still have that second Cykxtees dress, and I wore the second Morbid Threads one to my prom. Memories!

Loved this!!! As a goth and a historian I just adore these retrospectives you do, plus they're always heavy with amazing fashion ideas! Thank you!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you like these-- They're so much fun to do.

Thank you for showing off some of the older clothing! Living in a suburban area I have no alternative/goth clothing stores around me and this just gives me a bit more hope! ❤️❤️

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like. Thank you so much for watching!

I love this video you bring me to such a great part of my life the 90s . I had two lip service dresses oh god I miss them!! Keep doing these videos love them!

That was a great take on the 40 Years of Goth video, way more in-depth than anyone else has done! Also, I love what you're wearing in this video!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It sucks that a lot of these brands aren't around anymore :(

This was so incredibly helpful thank you sooo much. 90's goth is my favorite kind of style and through your brand recommendations I was able to find an amazing piece on Etsy. Thank you thank you thank youuuuu

I loved this video so much! Thank you for making it and posting the links :)

In the '80s we had ammo belts & grenade pouches too. The pouch belts were *so* useful for smuggling beer into clubs!

I love the shirt you are wearing. Where did you get it?

Love this video! And I was one of those early Goths that was very 'fluid' in my styles. I would wear jeans, Goth styled black tees and punk jackets with Docs one day and then long ball gowns with embroidery the next. One of the things I used to love about the Goth clubs in the late 80s early 90s was that no person had one exact style that was deemed 'Goth'. You could see so many styles and types and it was all cool... A friend used to wear the "Fairy Goth' style. Wings and all... Sort of Glam meets Goth and it worked for her. She was actually quite creepy as she would throw candy at the boys in the club! LOL I try not to judge on what is and is not Goth. For me it is more about how you feel with your place in this world rather than how you dress... The difference was in the 80s it was more 'hands on'. You would buy clothes (mostly from the thrift shop) and embellish them to make them your own style. I could not imagine spending 100 dollars plus to buy clothes like I saw in the 90s. Sometimes we even learned to sew (even if it was badly done) to create our clothes. I still have a mermaid style skirt that a friend stitched up for me and we used no patterns or anything. Just wrap it, said "Yeah this will work!" and slapped it together! LOL Despite saying that I use to love The Black Rose and The Dark Angel online stores. There were a lot of great fashions that used to come out of the UK and Germany back in the day. Again I love your vids. Nice to hear your memoirs. :)

I really enjoyed watching this! Oh memories, I love the medieval Goth style and mourned when my favourite shop The Black Rose in Camden turned rockabilly! Some of these classic looks definitely inspired what I make today. So pleased that some of my personal favourite brands, Raven, Phaze, Laughing Vampire etc are still going. Don't know if you've heard of Dracinabox? They have some great trad Goth stuff too. I also own the odd retro Tripp NYC piece and recently bought a tiny way too tight irresistible Morticia style Lip Service dress on eBay (luckily I can adjust it on the good old sewing machine) 😉

My first corset was morbid threads! 💚 Also I used to love Tripp and Lip Service back in the day

I'm not goth, but I absolutely adore your videos and personality as well as insights on goth topics. Love you !

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

There were also a lot of us who did more than one style. If you went to one show, you were romantic; if you went to another, you were industrial. It was expensive as hell, but you got to express more sides of yourself.

Wow some blasts from the pasts in those photos!

I remember Lolita being very popular at animal cons in the mid 2000s. I went to a panel and there were several types of Lolita. The ones I remember were elegant, Gothic and sweet but I swear there were three more.

OH man! So nostalgic! As a teen of the 90s, I used to love going into places like Hot Topic and buying things from like Morbid Threads! In fact, when I turned 17, I begged my mother to let me buy these Morbid Thread PVC platform heel and toe black Victorian boots! Lace up and all! And I still have them today! They do still make Lip Service and Tripp but I feel like it definitely went another direction after the 90s. Some of it is still cute though.

I still have some of my Morbid Threads tops from the 90’s. They are some of my favorites to this day and I wear them occasionally.

Thank you for doing this video I really appreciate it! I feel like this was incredibly educational video!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, I'm so happy you liked it!

This video definitely brought back the memories. God I miss the days when Tripp and Morbid were actually good!

Funhouse and Jeannie Nitro was the absolute awesomeness!! I'd like to add "The Dark Angel" to the list of fab fashion from that era...thanks for the cool video's and trip down memory lane Miss Benedict!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

The Dark Angel, you got it

Didn’t even realize one of my favorite dresses is a Jeannie Nitro design until you mentioned that trim and showed some examples! It’s a gorgeous black brocade with slits up the front and back and the same style of sleeves as your last example photo. I cut one of those perfectly tied satin bows off the bodice though, it had gotten too mangled by years of sitting in storage and I was in too much of a rush to iron it the first time I wore that dress out.

I'm a 90's baby so I have 0 experience with any of these things ( or goth in general I would say, it's a journey! ) but it's still very interesting and lovely to see how goths dressed when I was pretty much an infant. I'm actually kinda bummed that I never got to be hands-on with some of the pieces shown! Loved this video and I'll definitely be watching your other ones!

Talk about a trip down memory lane 🔥😍

@angelabenedict

2 жыл бұрын

I miss so much of that stuff!

I can't tell you how many memories you brought back with this video! Even though I'm only 31 and my experience spanned the late 90s through the 2000s I still remember most of these brands. Trying to save for one covetied piece was always a struggle. I think I ended up with most of my wardrobe through thrifting. I'll have to sift through my closet and break out some of my old crushed velvet again.

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you liked it! OMG crushed velvet, that stuff was everywhere! Thrifting is definitely the way to go-- everything was so expensive. When you're a teen on a min wage job it was a painful experience with all of those goodies around.

@HollywoodNoirMakeup

8 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict I definitely did! Your videos are very nostalgic to me. I have wanted to revamp my channel for a while and I think you may have inspired me to do so. I apologize for all of the typos in my last post. Damn auto correct. Yes, I have to say I definitely fell into the romantic/vampiric side of the subculture so it was crushed velvet and lace galore in my closet. Even though my mom wasn't fond of my style I managed to coerce her to look in thrifts stores for me as well. I trained her well. She still finds me cool stuff like vintage silk opera gloves and lace blouses to this day, haha!

Memories! I was somewhat acquainted with Ray Buttigieg of Cykxtees when he was just a poet and musician. He was probably one of the most driven, self-assured people I have ever met. He seriously believed 100,000% in all his projects, every poem, every idea was part of a plan and a long thought process. And he made a point of telling everyone he met about everything he was doing. He had a million ideas about everything. I used to have a copy if his poetry book Pastorale (don't know if I still do). So, years later, long after we were out of contact, I came across the store Funhouse on 8th St. I was amazed but not suprised to see the beautiful cykxtees fashions. I knew it was him as "cykx" was his word. It's great that you brought it up.

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

That's a great story! He seemed like a really cool guy. Funhouse was a great store-- It was one of my fav's. I

Love the video and subscribed. What you were saying around 4;40 about people combining many goth elements into something hard to clearly define was mostly what I had seen , and was reflected by anyone I knew who identified as goth. The only exception I noticed were 2 twin teenage girls i looked up to (i was a child in the 80s - teen in the 90s) who seemed to bounce around from a punk inspired goth look to a sexy type goth look that I believe Madonna co opted

I still have some of my Jennie Nitro dresses! Those babies are timeless! And well made.

MORBID THREADS!! My oldest sister got a lot of stuff from them when they were good and some stuff got passed to me! I wish i'd have gotten to buy their stuff too. She also loved Tripp!

Love the video! You are so gorgeous. I love listening to all your experiences in the goth subculture. Keep up the great videos xoxo😊💕

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, thank you so much

Great video. Way more informative than the 40 years of Goth video. Love your shirt. My 3 favorite Goth characters on one shirt!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks for noticing the top ❤ I think a redo of 40 years is in order but instead of making it so linear, I'm going lateral!

Lol you had everything lined up on this vid . Good Job ! I just been learning bout content and pace and even your camera cutaways to the wardrobes you did great . I'm learning these thing are harder than I first thought lol

all the amazing clothing apart, your make up is fantastic 😍

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I still have that third dress from Cykxtees you show in your video. I actually wore it out just a few nights ago. it was like the one piece I had and I still love it so much. I do more of a Victorian thing these days but seeing all this is really nostalgic and I pine for all the cool stuff I couldn't afford back then lmao.

Man, those lace corsets and A-Line blackout mini dresses take me back. Well done :)

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

They'd still work, today!

I remember when someone was telling me about Pastel Goth and the entire time they were telling me, I was thinking they were meaning Perky Goth or Bubble Goth. It's really interesting to see how people take their creation and definitely make it their own

This was so great for me, so helpful. I am very much into velvet and silks and satin when it comes to Goth clothes. I'm having some problems right now because I increase two sizes since starting Goth closet and now... Nothing fits. I will have to buy it all again.

Great video!!

Cykxtees reminds me of what Drusilla wore in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

I had one of the dresses you showed. lol. Memoriessss....

@janetjongebloed6051

3 жыл бұрын

A COUPLE of the dresses you showed as I keep watching. lol

For the record, I know I watch n like pretty much every vid u post, it’s coz bein only two or three years older than yrself n also being rather obsessed wiv the 90s, I can in some way relate to some of the things u say. Yr vids r very interesting enlightening and educational. I wud say keep up the gud work but at the end of the day yr just bein yrself....which makes yr vids that much more pleasurable to watch for some reason. Aw hell keep up the good work anyway 👍🏻😊

Thank you for all you Do Angela you are Awesome, Love your Videos i love how you defend the gothic style how welcoming you are, Angela you Rock as you say Angela Goth is Goth

@angelabenedict

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Brandon!

My fav period medieval goth stuff from the Montréal scene was from a designer named Anne Larochelle who still has an online shop. It was carried in tons of goth shops like Siren, Cruella, and Trivium. Sadly most of those stores are gone, or don't carry much goth stock anymore. There was also a local medieval tavern and a couple clothing shops that were just amazing too. I miss the 90s for that! Velvet or brocade with laces up the front and bell sleeves was such a fun look. I still have my Tripp shorts/pants (ugh I know!) and ankle length bondage kilt. Ha, I see a Lip Service dress that I used to have in your montage! The one with the buckle shoulder straps. Thanks for the tip about the patterns, I'll have to keep an eye out! By the way, love your red eye shadow in this video :)

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! A little secret, whenever you see me wearing red eyeshadow-- It's red lipstick :X I love that you're spotting things you had in the montage! It sucks that so many of these brands went under. That medieval garb was beautiful. I think it's great that Begotten decided to go the pattern route. Years on people can still have access to the dresses they may have owned way back when.

I really admire the trad goth style. It has a certain flair to it that makes me smile.

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's such a beautiful look ❤

i love how you said "hi mom" to punk

i'm digging your nancy, wednesday, and lydia shirt/dress, can't tell which it is. either way it's super rad

lol I remember when I snuck into a Bondage Ball by offering someone from Lip Service to carry their things to their booth.

awesome vid man!!!!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Death rock was indeed a type of goth. The 40 years of goth video got the two toned hair spot on. Understand that people weren't used to neon colors at the time. The clothes were usually accented with black clothing or even a military look and all held together with safety pins. It looked fabulous under black lights. Sometimes people would wear all white. White suits for both men and women with either big black hair (Robert Smith) or big platinum or that 2 toned blonde hair you saw. Crimped hair added to the look as well.

@angelabenedict

5 жыл бұрын

I love the all white look

So so soooo helpful!! Ugh, your videos are great!! Definitely going to try to scope out some of those pieces second hand!! Thanks a ton for being so helpful and humorous! Number one on my list of must haves is an ankh necklace and a black velvet dress for sure!! Wonder if my bodice from Moresca would work with goth fashion since it is definitely medieval in style with a bit of flair to it haha :)

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you've found this helpful! I did a check last night and there's some good pieces on Poshmark and Ebay at the moment.

I love your videos like this (p.s I like all your videos) I love learning about 90s goth

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

One of those Tripp NYC corset looking pieces, I actually have it. I got it from Hot Topic (I know, I know) when I was about 16 years old. It was $40 and it's still one of my favorite pieces, even though I barely wear it anymore because it's a tad too tight now. I should start wearing it again, though, now that I have this epic skirt to go with it.

I love this

I love your top... Also I agree with you completely thank you for making this... As you are much more well spoken than I am.. And I will definitely be using this to reference my friends to :)....

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much-- I'm so happy you like it!

you are serious have grown to one of my favorite youtubers! I always wanted to be a teenager in the 90s and be goth especially since the 90s was more aimed to romance goth and its like im living it through you from your stories and experiances in your vlogs

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Victoria

@eldorkpistolero1555

7 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict no new blogs for this week of august 15/19th? :(

@VictoriaFashen

7 жыл бұрын

your welcome love,I also loved that your music for this video is Mors Syphilitica :D :D:D do you like ethereal wave too?

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Dan Vein Sorry, I had finals this week. I've got my next 2 videos ready to shoot tonight.

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Victoria Fashen Im so happy you liked it! I love ethereal. I'm a big fan of the Projekt label as well.

Tripp still now and again comes out with not Hot Topic style pieces. I was fortunate enough to procure a stunning white bondage jacket. Straps around the back, black details, and a heavily structured silhouette. I got it on eBay so I'm not sure how old it is. Most of their stuff looks like an ICP concert exploded, but when they do make good stuff, it is very good.

@Thefarunlitunknown

8 жыл бұрын

Also, Lip Service's quality really took a trip down the chocolate speedway. Now the hems fray and come undone if you even think about washing them in anything but Woolite. Sad, because they tend to be a bit on the more expensive side. I do enjoy Spin Doctor's styles. They tend to lean a bit more steampunk, but they're good quality and look nice. I have a gorgeous brown and black striped mini skirt with corset detailing and a tiny bustle. It's so lovely!

@subconvextheobezoar3782

8 жыл бұрын

i think the jacket your talking about is the one I'm saving up for I was just about to comment about it 😁

@Thefarunlitunknown

8 жыл бұрын

+KeeganismeltingHALP! It's this one: instagram.com/p/BFuMG69H3SO/ Such good quality too!

Thanks for making RAD videos. The new generation really need good information.

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

No worries, Happy you enjoy them!

Not sure where you got your information that lolita is an evolution of kinder goth but that just isn't accurate. Some people may think the aesthetic has similarities but that doesn't dictate origin. Lolita is an evolution of Japanese street fashion and historical period dress. Otome and Rococo fashion influenced the 70's predecessor of modern lolita fashion. There is a subculture attached to lolita based around the fashion but lolita is way older than kinder goth.

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

I got my information via living through it. Lolita started in Japan in the 70's to early 80's and glimpses of it started appearing here in the 90's. It was adopted by the alternative scene and has seen many incarnations-- Most notably the grunge rock 'dolly' look donned by Courtney Love and Drew Barrymore in the early 90's. As time went on I started seeing the look more and more pop up in the Goth scene and it was referred to as 'Dolly Goth, Kindergoth, Kinderwhore' etc however that interpretation was less polished and pressed as the 'Lolita' garb of Japan and more tattered and 'spooky' by way of being put together by various vintage pieces and deconstructed. Lolita really became more of a thing in the late 90's to early 2000's when 'alternative subcultures' began having more of a presence on the web. As the decade went on that's when we saw the Lolita we know today-- The one represented in the video because by that time there were tons of websites giving us a full glimpse into Lolita, VisualKei and JRock and the style became much more readily available and American Gothic clothing designers were catching on.

@Lilnaomi3

7 жыл бұрын

Angela Benedict Ok, that would explain how you spoke about it. I would never relate anything Love or Barrymore did to lolita in the slightest. The western take on the fashion is massively different from the origins. Your clarification makes sense though. Typically many in the lolita subculture won't consider those things to be within relation to each other. I can see how one could take inspiration from a style and interpret it that way.The outfit referenced in the video would not fall under the spectrum of Japanese lolita. I could see how someone would say it was an outfit influenced by it. As the standard fashion though the western take doesn't meet the traditional criteria. Thank you for responding. Since I haven't had the same experiences your information gave me a bit more clarity. My lolita comm doesn't really have much overlap with the Philly goth scene and obviously the Philly and NY experiences are very different.

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Lilnaomi3 Exactly :) It's an interpretation of Lolita and one doesn't replace the other, it's just not the first time we've seen the look within the subculture. Lolita definitely came first as a whole but as far as styles within the American Gothic subculture, the first incarnation was an interpretation or reimagining based on what was readily available. We were still very DIY in the 90's because stuff was expensive and we had improvise with what we had. I use to go to Philly every now and again back in the day. Shampoo, Evolutions, trips to Digital Underground etc and even though we were only a few hours drive apart there were noticeable differences within our subcultures. The same but different. I always found that really cool.

@joeyjpoe7701

5 жыл бұрын

I believe she said that. I totally agree with you ,however the link is undeniable. Almost everyone Ive known with few exceptions drew and still draw inspiration from both. Ive never met a lolita purist in person. Most people want to wear a pretty dress and are indifferent to all the rules.

@saracompassi8385

4 жыл бұрын

Courtney love stolen the babes in toyland leader singer look . Love was in her band before they kick her out . Watch babes in toyland bruise violets . That song about courtney love .

Thank you for a fantastic video. Another beautiful clothing range is Heavy Red, or at least it used to be, the last time I visited their site I was a little disappointed with the range. I do however, have quite a few of their older pieces which are still going strong due to the quality. :)

@wintersvixen1983

7 жыл бұрын

I used to model for Heavy Red

Wow just wow, awesome video!! I watched my older sister struggle so much to find cool goth cloths as. Kid. Yhis was on point, she was tottaly clasic goth. I fell inlove with the style but when i was a teen.... hot topic had already fallen... and we lived in a rural area... +Christianity ruined my family.... so now im getting in touch with my inner Goth.

@angelabenedict

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome - Your inner goth with like it much better out here ♥♥♥

Love the shirt at about 6:55 btw! That was kinda the look I was into around 1988ish :-)

Omg! You're Anansi the Spider! I love your stuff on Etsy! Had no idea you had a KZread channel! Love it! :)

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Yup! Thank you so much

Great video girl! I recognize some of these clothes from a Spiritual magazine called Pyramid---the beautiful long dresses with the corsets and everything. Great stuff, just a little expensive. Love your video and I love your channel! 😉

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Yes, things were very pricey. A nightmare for a teen on a min wage budget.

Loved the video. Goth was never really big where I live (AZ), but we did have a small goth community down in Phoenix. Still do, but it's even smaller now. Most goths were teens and hung out in the malls, mainly Metrocenter, which was one of the largest (it's a dead mall now). I've seen most styles of goth, and lots of DIY. I consider myself nu goth, but do have a few pieces of traditional. I do have one pair of Tripp NYC pants that I got from Goodwill about 5 years ago. Split tartan, blue and green, a little too big for me, but that's OK. I had to order new straps for them since thy were missing. I got them for 10 dollars. (Jan Griffiths).

I remember old school morbid threads. ah. this makes me glad my parents were cool with me exploring whatever I wanted to.

@forestrot666

8 жыл бұрын

also I had like one lip service jagged long/slight bell sleeve short top that had a random button in the middle. it looked ragged and shit and all black and I miss it.

It's so interesting your take on the fashion of goth. I remember trying to open a record store in the mid-90's with some friends and this was the time when the whole fetish scene was creeping into the fashion; long story short, it was never opened because the overhead was too high on the clothing due to the cost of the materials. We disagreed on the focus of the store so I ended up pulling out of the business before it got started. If you use archive.org and search for susperia.com during the mid-90's, you'll find the beginnings of the business (along with some cool photos)

thank you so much for this video

The totally tubular 80's were a bit more "neon" i think but yeah I can totally see the connection too...totally! lol! Excellent vid!!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Totally!

I'm so excited about this video. '90s Romantic Goth was so imaginative and creative. Lots of lovely fabrics, too. This has really got me wanting to hunt down lots of '90s and early '00s Romantic Goth stuff. I've got a Funhouse dress - black brocade with double sleeves and a Gothic arch on the front. It's a bit short on me, but I just use that to wear with fancy granny boots. Black with red/burgundy (faded now) trim and a square neckline. I miss the square necklines! The Cykxtees website is glitchy as anything for me :( I got into Goth in the mid/early '00s and I've got a few Laughing Vampire, Omen and Raven things that are in that '90s Romantic style - I'm not sure when they're actually from as they're all from eBay over the last 10+ years. Big bell sleeves, square and peasant necklines, black velvet, little bows as decorations, fantasy styling... I like all that sort of thing, but a lot of made-for-Goth Romantic Goth these days are all Victoriana, which I like too, but it's got a bit same-y and overly Steampunk-influenced too. I like that sort of thing, but it's got to the point where it's hard to find anything that's not Nu-Goth or Goth-meets-Steampunk. These days MoonMaiden, Dark Star and Dracula Clothing supply my spooky fix for fantastical Romantic Goth.

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you like it! Thank you

@DomesticatedGoth

8 жыл бұрын

That's probably a geographic thing. MoonMaiden's based in the UK, Dracula Clothing is Czech but with strong connections to the UK and I think Dark Star are UK based. I don't know about where Raven, Omen and Laughing Vampire are/were based. www.jordashclothing.com/shop/

That top or dress you're wearing is so cute 💜💜

@Gracefullyamazing

8 жыл бұрын

I kno I want one. 👍🏻😊

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Ask and you shall receive

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Here ya go

i could relate a few to the new styles given by Sinister for example

9:02 omg that green skirt is perfect for a charter I'm making

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Oooh!

@livingdeaddollsjunky9543

8 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict I'm writing a story / comic about 90s teen the main character are Kent a grungey guy with a happy face shirt green jacket with a pink triangle on his sleeve If you know what I mean and ripped jeans , lulu a stoner with bright red hair and a lip ring in a brown dress with jacket and last but not least Agatha .s. Bloodworth ( yes that her real name ) one of 2 twin who are complete opposites a natural blonde with dyed black hair red eye shadow black lip stick black top with a square neck and bell sleeves and a fish net under top with a chocker a nice black corset and green lacy skirt ripped tights and combat boots

I remember my first really goth dress that I bought. It was a black vinyl floor length gown with cap sleeves and I loved it. I wore it to death. I wanna say it was from Lip Service because I remember that brand well from the later '90s era, but I'm not sure. I always wore very long dresses back then. Lots of bell sleeves and layers of fabric and front corset style ties on dresses. I don't even remember how to move around in all that fabric with boots on now. Getting old sucks :(

Thanks so much for this video! It's so informative and helpful! Do you think you can show us some of your favorite outfits, or just a couple of staple pieces and where to find them? Thanks. 💗

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

No worries, thank you for your comment-- I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have many more fashion videos planned

I loved Jennie nitro. I had maybe 3 or so of her dresses.

Loved this. I do find a lot of my longer classic romantic stuff on ebay or etsy. I do wish places like Hot Topic had more gothic things in their shop :/ oh well haha I search for hot topic or lip service 90s on ebay.

I love your videos I'm not goth but I love the goth subculture it's so fascinating and beautiful

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I'm so gad you enjoy them. Have you checked out the music? I've made some playlists on my channel :)

@gilybaby

8 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict yes it's amazing!

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Gilllian Nicole You may be a Goth in the making after all :)

@gilybaby

8 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict the inner me is but I could never pull off the style! But I'm going to keep watching your videos and maybe I will be :)

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Gilllian Nicole Aww, it's all about what makes you feel comfortable and the most 'you'. It's all about experimentation

in Detroit to Lansing to Bland Rapids , there was a bohemian, gypsy goth thing happening. it's spiritual mom was the character Star from the movie Lost Boys. the colors were dark, with pops of blood red,granny boots , scarves and traditional pale face, blood red lips. hair was long and teased, krimped, curled and unnatural shades of red, black or black with chunks of red, white,yellow or what have you. By 1998 or so the look faded away. did you see anything like that in your part of the world?

Can you do a video on how your family accepted your goth lifestyle? I'm curious to know! Btw, you're one of my favorite KZreadrs! Love you, and your videos!♥️

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm happy you enjoy my channel. My parents were a bit nutty. Mom was an ex punk and dad a drummer in a rock band. I did surprise them with the Goth because it was something a bit new to them. I can probably come up with something :)

@selenathetabby

7 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict You're welcome! And yeah, of course! Your goth-related videos and stories of your life are always something interesting!^.^ Also, in response to one of your videos, I'm sorry that your elementary school teacher-Ms. Post-mistreated you.. That was utterly disgraceful.. and also sorry that you would suffer panic attacks here and there.. I had anxiety when I was younger as well.. If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm always here. But anyways, yeah, so your parents didn't get concerned, which is nice! You're expressing yourself by being creative with your lifestyle/fashion, and that's something really great to learn! It's nothing wrong to reveal your uniqueness! I do that, too (my Pinterest pinwalls and school binder with many drawings cut and pasted to it are enough proof, ahah^^;), and sometimes I embrace it, while others I think twice about it, but that's just me:/ And okay! Can't wait to see new content up! Always something exciting!^.^

Lip Service did my bridesmaid dresses. Those were the days. Also around the 2000's, they suddenly became smaller in sizes.

I wish there were some videos like this but geared toward guys, like I know I and any other dude could wear anything in this video if we wanted to but personally my style is usually more masculine. I've tried wearing skirts and lace and it's beautiful but just not what I'm comfortable in. either way, this video is awesome and it pleasantly surprised me that I've heard of some of those brands! now I'm just gonna scan etsy and ebay for them lmao

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

They're out there!

Oh man. in middle school......till now haha. I was always in Tripp, lip service, funhouse, illig and whatever I bought in Hollywood and online

LYNDA WEDNESDAY AND NANCY ON THAT SHIRT OMGGGG ❤

I still have one of the black Tripp corset tops from your video. I think I could still squeeze into it! lol (barely) I love the clothes you showed! :)

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

That's an artifact now!

@yelitzagalan5670

8 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict Mine actually isn't from the 90's, I bought it about 7 or 8 years ago. It's a beautiful relic! 😆

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Still nearly a decade!!

@yelitzagalan5670

8 жыл бұрын

+Angela Benedict oh god lol time flies!

I only ever shop at hot topic anymore for nerd stuff not for goth stuff, unfortunately. 🖤PRO TIP🖤 hot topic sometimes has jewelry that is AWESOME looking but really cheap, sooo I cover the painted metal bits in a coat of clear nail polish, flip and do the bottom, and then repeat. Makes rings last longer, studs chip less, and earrings not irritate my piercing holes lol. No more green skin from cheap metal.

@empress9554

3 жыл бұрын

The price isn’t worth it, but for some of us rural folks it’s all we have. Hot topic is overpriced crap, but I have a love hate relationship, sometimes you can find a piece there to add to your collection. And I have to say, if you are looking for fishnets that are stronger than the ones you can find at target, hot topic is not bad.

Aw 05:35 I had that dress! (Still do

@angelabenedict

7 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Reminiscing on fashion is so much fun.

You said Mors Syphilitica. You are awesome!!! By the way, quite a few of Monica Richards' clothes were made by a designer called Kambriel.

@angelabenedict

6 жыл бұрын

I know Kambriel! Not personally but I remember seeing her work online. I think she has an etsy shop now if I'm not mistaken. I miss those days :(

@geminigrrl66

6 жыл бұрын

Angela Benedict lol me too. Most of my clothing though were thrift store finds. Interesting though your view on Deathrock. I saw that image as channeling a bit of Gitane Demone and Nina Hagen.

Remember the catalog Pyramid Collection? They carried a ton of the "Romantic" and original goth stuff. It was like the girl version of International Male (who also used to carry all sorts of poet shirts, "leather" pants, male waist trainers....). And then Cher had her 2 catalog release "Sanctuary" which was full of goth things for your house or clothing....ah, the long ago days.

@lauraromdeussen864

8 жыл бұрын

OH! Stormy Leather corsets....those seemed to be a San Fran and Philly staple. Female owned company, and they fit like a dream.

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

Yes! I think that catalog is still around, actually. My mother had one a year or two ago. I'll have to google it. This may be a bad thing to remind me of. I've been in the mood to decorate :X

@angelabenedict

8 жыл бұрын

I loved Stormy Leather! So expensive but beautiful and worth the price.

Oh and let's not forget Eternal Love. I still have some Eternal Love pieces ❤️