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Corsetry Guide... What You Really Need to Know about Corsets

See our full guide to corsetry, from waist training and medical myths and facts to corset shapes, structure, lacing, measurements & custom vs. off the peg.

Mooky in the Midwest: A Small Town Pagan Goth Girl Survival Guide

Pagan goth girl in a small town? Nothing to do? Maintain your gothic style & outlook in the face of convention. Celebrate Dead Dolly picnics & Heluvet Week!

Latex Fashion Accessories We Love

$latex fashion accessories$ Our web hunt reveals latex fashion accessories that don't require squeezing into some sort of supertight skintube. Latex hairbows & Peter Pan collars? Sure.

Dark Mermaid Alternative Fashion Shoot

Check out this glorious alt fashion spread exploring the majesty and strength of the dark mermaid. Presented by stylist Naddy Sane.

Japanese Street Fashion... Patterned Tights

Check out Japanese fashion photos, tips & ideas for patterned tights perfect for all Japanese fashion tribes, from Gyaru Girls and LoliGoths to Visual Kei.

Kitty Creme Latex Clothing... Designer Spotlight

$Latex kitty creme clothing$ Catriona Stewart & Kitty Creme Clothing create alternative, pretty latex pieces that make you drool a bit. In a good way. KathTea models some favourites.

Victorian Fashion Ideas... Makeup

Discover Victorian beauty secrets from the past. Makeup was a sin, but Victorians still managed to sneak in some DIY beauty...

British Plus Size Fashion Weekend 2013

Big bites back. We look at the alternative designers set to take over the Official British Plus Size Fashion Weekend 2013.

Body suspension

A mook takes us through her own personal journey into the extreme body mod practice of body suspension. TW for graphic content and visuals.

Explaining your body mods to shocked family members

If family members find out the hard way about your tattoos or piercings and disapprove, can you smooth things over with some timely damage limitation?

Beyond Hot Halloween Costumes and Halloween Immunity

Halloween is the one night when a girl can dress like a total slut. Thus spake Mean Girls. What about costumes with self expression, real scares or historical accuracy?

Horsing around in a Wild West cincher

Alt model KathTea Katastrophy works with corsettiere Jill Hoverman to improve customise a free wasp waist cincher pattern from the interwebz...

Romancing Jezebel

The ever lovely Jezebel Schneider who is the creator and owner of Romancing Jezebel, jewelry and accessories inspired by love, death, and romance.

How to be a Vintage Vixen

KathTeaChin purchases her first-ever made to measure corset (from Jill Hoverman), reviews her experience of buying bespoke, and straps herself in for two weeks of tightlacing...

5 Commandments for High Street Fashion Shops

Some of us are not size 10. Some of us are tomboy femmes not girly girls. All of us like the clothes we buy to last more than one wear...

5 18th Century Clothing Ideas that Need to Come Back into Fashion

Style comes back around on itself in a circular motion, right? So it's about time these five examples of 18th century elegance be incorporated into our modern world, from hand fans to Caraco coats.

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.

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?

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...

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.

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.

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...

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?

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...

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?

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.

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...

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...

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!

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.

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.

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...

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 - 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!

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 :)

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.

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?

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

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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

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.