T-shirts are a great piece of clothing to start building your wardrobe with. They are easy to find, inexpensive, and come in many styles. For a more feminine style, buy an over-sized T-shirt and pair it with high socks or fishnet stockings, boots, and jewelry. It’s perfectly acceptable to not want to wear all black all the time. Add a bit of variety to your outfits by mixing in other colors, such as red, grey, white, violet, blue, or pink. Pick out black clothes in velvet, lace, leather, silk, PVC, and/or cheesecloth for a classic goth look. [2] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021. Goth fashion is based on creativity and DIY, so try looking for clothes at second-hand shops, flea markets, indie shops, and car boot sales. [3] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

Consider wearing distressed denim jeans with a black T-shirt, combat boots, and studded bracelets. [4] X Research source Wear fishnets underneath your distressed bottoms for an extra gothy look. [5] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

You can wear a moon phase-printed casual dress with long black socks and black creepers. Accessorize with moon- and star-shaped jewelry and black lipstick.

Red, blue, purple, green, gray, and black plaid are all great to incorporate into your wardrobe. Pair a black top with a plaid skirt or pants. Alternatively, you can layer plaid flannel over your favorite top or dress with high socks and boots.

Corsets are popular in the “romantic goth” style. Romantic goth also includes long skirts, laced boots, elbow gloves, ruffled new romantic shirts, “gothic” beaded collars, and soft makeup in colors like red and purple. [8] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021. Lydia Fortner, Diva Destruction, Two Witches, Suspiria, and Requiem in White are a few artists who dress in the romantic goth style. [9] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

Pair a leather jacket with a T-shirt and jeans, or over a dress. Complete the ensemble with combat boots. You could also wear leather pants with a cotton T-shirt and creepers.

Beanies are a popular choice for basic gothic styles. They are easy to wear and customize. If you like, you can sew on skull or hexagram patches, or stick on button pins from your favorite bands. Bowlers are another great choice if you’re into a retro look. Wear them with a button-up shirt and pants or a cute dress. Wide-brimmed hats will give you a witchy look that fits perfectly into gothic aesthetics. This type of hat pairs best with your favorite dress, a top and skirt, or a shirt and jeans.

Pentagram jewelry looks great with many outfits. Combine a choker with a pentagram-shaped pendant with a black dress, tights, and creepers. [10] X Research source Goth fashion takes inspiration from cultures and iconography like ancient Celtic, pagan, Egyptian, Asian, and Christian. Ankhs; rosaries; bangles; colored fishnets; chunky jewelry featuring bats, coffins, skulls, and/or bones, and fishnets are other accessories you could try. [11] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

Alternatively, you can buy a pair of patterned tights or socks. Skeleton bones, occult patterns, and lace are popular choices.

Fishnets have become very popular to wear with ripped jeans. Combine the fishnets-and-ripped-jeans look with a crop top and a choker necklace. You can wear normal tights or stockings if you wanted to. Sheer stockings or tights would be best to add a hint of class to your outfit or to show your legs off.

You could wear black motorcycle boots as they are popular part of gothic fashion. Also, they have zippers on them which are handy if they need to be removed in any situations. [15] X Research source Doc Martens are also a good shoe option. [16] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021. Goth winklepickers are another great shoe to consider. Usually made in black, they can come with a heel, multiple buckles, and length. [17] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

Goth hair is often cut in layers, backcombed, and dyed a funky color. It can also be shaved, crimped, or left long like Patricia Morrison. It’s usually unruly, like Robert Smith’s or Siouxsie Sioux’s, and fluffy with hairspray to hold it up. [18] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021. Deathhawks are also an option. Jonny Slut, Specimen’s keyboardist, made this look popular. [19] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

Natural hair colors work just as well in goth fashion. Consider going with dark brown, a soft shade of light brown, or platinum blond.

If you aren’t comfortable getting a real septum piercing, you can wear a false piercing instead. Look for jewelry with crosses, skulls, chains, and coffins on them. [22] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

Band logos are another possible option for a goth tattoo. [23] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021. Make sure you really want a tattoo before you get one. [24] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021.

Goth makeup is very elaborate, dramatic, and in some cases, extreme. You could try brightly-colored block eyeshadow in silver, blue, or purple, along with minimal eyeliner, or go for an Egyptian-inspired/Kabuki look with triangular eyebrows. [26] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021. Black or purple contour is a popular option, along with black or red lipstick. [27] X Expert Source Regina DunnGoth Subculture Enthusiast Expert Interview. 12 July 2021. If your outfit is going to be more formal or ornate—like a dark evening gown or something in the Gothic Lolita style, with lots of ruffles and frills—try bolder eye makeup. Think smokey eyeshadow with swirl designs at the outer corners of your eyes, or violet, blue, and black blended together in an ombre pattern. [28] X Research source Lighter makeup styles work best with casual outfits. If your look for the day is a casual dress or T-shirt and jeans, match your makeup to the look with some simple, winged eyeliner (with or without a dark eyeshadow), and lipstick. [29] X Research source