Goth fashion tips:
Alternative Style Tips
Leopard Print Clothing and Make Up Ideas
Animal print is as eternally fierce in fashion as the noble beast it originated from. From hair extensions to leopard lip tattoo prints, let's snug up and vamp out.
Plus-size Clothing
Why Plus Size Clothing Is Finally Catching Up
...and what you can do about it. Why has plus-size clothing for women only recently become a commercial concern and fountain of creativity? How can you help this positive trend flourish?
Tattoos & Piercings
The Tramp Stamp... A Guide to Lower Back Tattoos
Tramp stamp - it's degrading terminology for a lower back tattoo, which is one of the most attractive areas to get one, especially for women...
Japanese Fashion
Top 10 Cosplay Circle Lenses
Cosplay circle lenses make the pupil and iris appear huge, helping cosplayers get the look of anime and manga characters. See cosplayers and enthusiasts show off ten of the best circle lenses.
Tattoos & Piercings
Flesh-pulling and the Modern Primitive
Body modification is a vast yet arcane realm, despite the growing popularity of tattoos, piercings and the Modern Primitives movement. Flesh-pulling is one of the kingdoms in that realm. Meet one of its citizens.
Burlesque / Vintage Clothing Ideas
Made to measure corset tightlacing: Tales from a fresh beginner
KathTeaChin purchases her first-ever custom-made corset (from Jill Hoverman), reviews her experience of buying bespoke, and straps herself in for two weeks of tightlacing...
Burlesque / Vintage Clothing Ideas
Corsetry misconceptions and how to deal with them
Many misconceptions over corsets continue to this very day. Why do some people continue to think corsets are bad?
Burlesque / Vintage Clothing Ideas
Good waist training results in cheap corsets: Fact or Fiction?
So. Can you do waist training in cheap corsets? Should you even try? KathTeaChin turns herself into a well-dressed lab rat to discover whether the bad reputation of cheap corsets for waist training (and regular wear) is fact or fiction...
Alternative clothing ideas
Hipster - What does it mean?
No, seriously. 'Hipster'? Really? It's sort of all shallow and mysterious at the same time. Or is it? Just what hides behind those thick-rimmed glasses?
Burlesque / Vintage Clothing Ideas
Where to buy vintage clothing online in Australia
Australians know too well that devastating moment upon clicking “check out” when a $40 fantasy skirt doubles in price with shipping. So... here are places to buy vintage clothing online. If you live in Australia.
Tattoos & Piercings
Top 10 Best Star Wars Tattoos
Looking for tattoo ideas? Real Star Wars fans will do anything to feel close to their favourite film characters... and that means decorating themselves with Star Wars tattoos. Feast your eyes on 10 cherry-picked pieces of Star Wars body art and feel the Force...
Japanese Fashion
Gyaru Styles
Gyaru Fashion Tribes: Hugely popular in Japan, Gyaru fashion rebels against Japanese ideals to create an extreme style more akin to California surfer girls. Gyaru fashion splits into many sub-styles, from Rasta to Princess Gyaru...
Burlesque / Vintage Clothing Ideas
Where to get cheap corsets online
Where to get cheap corsets online - UK, Europe, USA, Australia and Asia. If you can recommend a cheap online corset store (ideally with corsets under £20) we'll add it to our list!
Gothic Clothing
Steampunk Fashion DIY Tips
In a world full of modernity, change and mass-production, the world has lost, even shunned both Old World elegance and Industrial Revolutionary grit. These steampunk DIY tips may help you to inject 18th century flair into your closet.
Gothic Clothing
How to look good in white goth clothing
White Goth is the perfect look for a sweltering summer. We all know white is cooling, yes - but there are other good style reasons to lighten up. Dare us to name them? We can.
Japanese Fashion
Lolita street survival guide... for western Lolis
Lolita fashion is widely accepted in Japan, where girls dress as pretty dolls on a daily basis. It's less familiar in the West, so our experienced Western Loli assists baby Lolitas in dealing with reactions on the street...
Alternative Style
Rave Style Guide
How to dress like a modern raver. If you're partial to hopping along to those fun little events known as raves, or thinking of giving it a go, here's a breezy little rave style guide. Plan ahead, tweak your current rave style or nurture fond memories!
Gothic Clothing
Gothic clothing - Gaia Noir
Every now and then we like to review DIY alternative clothing shops online. As well as custom gothic / victorian clothing, Gaia Noir has DIY accessories under £10 - cheap but made with love, our favourite combination. Bustles for £15, Lolita bloomers and more. Bravo, chaps!
Burlesque / Vintage Style
1940s Fashion on the high street
To celebrate the special edition DVD releases of It's a Wonderful Life and Holiday Inn (8 and 22 November respectively), we have scoured the high street to locate 1940s fashion replica clothing. And for those wanting to support indie retro clothing stores, that'll be a separate article :)
Japanese Fashion
Zettai ryouiki
'Zettai ryouiki' is a term for a japanese fashion that translates roughly into 'Absolute Territory' or 'Absolute Region', which are catchall terms for any exposed legflesh between the tops of your socks and a skirt. Zettai ryouiki are excellent for cosplay, lolita, and just about everything. Even keeping (most) of your legs warm.
Japanese Fashion
Circle lenses - Manga fashion roadtest
Gyaru girls and aficionados of Japanese fashion have a secret to make their eyes cute, big and bug-eyed: Circle contact lenses. One intrepid Mookychick roadtests several circle lenses to see how they wear on the eye. Can circle lenses really turn you manga?
Burlesque & Vintage Style
To rockabilly with love
Rockabilly (that's rock and roll spliced with hillbilly) has a distinctive style and sound as well as all that gorgeous rockabilly clothing. Sure, we tell you how to get the feisty look - but we'll also help you source amazing rockabilly bands.
Plus-size Clothing
Plus-size gothic clothing
Our very favourite plus-size gothic clothing shops on the web. Gothique plus-sized fashion that fits... and makes a statement.
Gothic Clothing
Goth prom dresses - shopping guide
Goth clothing: Find punk, retro, indie & gothic prom dresses online with our list of unusual prom dress shops. Plus we give prom dress advice on how to really feel your dress and how to buy it online - tears-free.
Gothic Clothing
Cute indie & gothic lolita umbrellas galore!
Goth umbrellas: Okay, these umbrellas aren't just for goths. The whole world needs them. We've sourced some lovely umbrellas that are cheap, windproof, piratey AND beautiful! Rain cannot defeat beauty! Hah!
Tattoos & Piercings
Your first tattoo
Tattoos: What really happens at a tattoo parlour? Mandi guides us through her first tattoo experience - from researching tattoo artists to getting her design inked, pain factor and tattoo aftercare...
Indie & Gothic Style
F2M clothing
Androgynous style: Burlesque frills have swept throughout the nations - but what about cabaret-loving tom boys? There are other ways to make a burlesque fashion statement, like F2M...
Grunge Fashion
Kinderwhore grunge fashion
Grunge fashion: Kinderwhore fashion, from the grunge era, sits at the other end of the lolita spectrum. Our style guide transforms strappy shoes and babydoll dresses with Peter Pan collars into NaughtyLand.
Burlesque & Vintage Style
Guide to vintage hosiery and nylon stockings
Nylon stockings: In WW2 women couldn't get hold of nylon stockings so they'd dye their legs with tea bags and paint seams down their legs. Our style guide tells you what to look for in both modern and vintage nylon stockings, and how to wear them.
Alternative Clothing Tips and Ideas
Get alternative style and goth fashion tips on Gothic Lolita, burlesque, retro and vintage, emo fashion, indie fashion, victorian style, steampunk, corsets, harajuku and more - Mookychick
