AlleyCat
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As for self-expression I'm not sure if i'd buy that, you get every imaginable sub-culture doing the wacky dress up for the some reason, to stand out from the mainstream. Put it more clearly, what is t exactly are they trying to self-express?, except a wish not to conform - can understand that but i cant help it, is it for a hollow cause?
I can certainly understand what you're saying. I do believe that for some, the gothic "look" is all about self-expression. I can think back to the 80's when I was in high school, 95% of the students wore jeans with pins, spiked hair (guys), BIG hair for the girls -- ya know, the Madonna look :roll: And there were a few that seemed to want to have nothing to do with that, they chose to look gothic instead. So for the 95% of us, we creatively expressed ourselves with the Madonna look, the other 5% expressed themselves with the gothic look. What they believed in, I don't know. But that was my point about self-expression.