Goth-Haul | Robert Smith, Eighties Films & Beat Poet Inspired

Be warned, I was so close to calling this post a “Wal-haul”, get-it? It’s a combination of “walrus” and “haul” because I’m oh-so creative. Let’s just say that I should probably be paying someone to write my titles for me. Anyway, I thought I’d make a little list of the pieces I actually buy, since I’ve been seeking a lot of retail-therapy lately in order to make it through my final week of Uni (two more days!) I’ve been trying to experiment a lot with interesting cuts in basic colours, stocking up on basics for summer and throwing all my sensible thoughts out of the window.

 PVC Skirt | Plaid Blouse (sold out) | White Blouse (Sold out)
Black Boxy Crop | Crushed-Velvet Shorts | Black Boat-neck Crop

The PVC skirt is the star of this haul. It’s something I’ve been obsessing over ever since Good Morning Angel posted an amazing outfit in the pink version back a whole ago. Sure the PVC trend was huge and now it’s over, but I still want to challenge myself to experiment out of my comfort zone. Which is exactly what this skirt entails.

I’ve been wanting a pair of eighties style sunglasses (The ones I bought are here, they’re not shown above and apparently are sold out. I must have snagged the last pair.) for a while, in the hopes they’ll magically transform me into Robert Smith or some other eighties bad-ass. At the same time I loose them all the time so I didn’t want anything super expensive, summer is already ruining my life, I wanted something UV protected and I needed to get above thirty dollars for free shipping on ASOS.

 Sunglasses a la  The Blues Brothers (I’ve seen this film a hundred times), everyone in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and that kid from The Breakfast Club (which I’ve also seen a million times).

The mass amount of blouses are due to summer’s impending doom where I worry that I’ll have nothing to wear when it’s too hot for cardigans. Hence why each of them have sleeves. The black ASOS crop tops I picked up in their seventy percent off sale. They’re perfect basics. The plaid shirt will be great for winter and I can roll the sleeves up on cooler summer days and wear it as a jacket-thing. The white billowy blouse reminded me of beat poets so I had to have it. I’ll be removing the random collar accents and probably rocking it with the kick-ass black crushed-velvet (Yes, I know everyone hates crushed velvet) knicker shorts.

I suppose this post turned less into a Goth-in-a-Box kit than a in depth guide to how I attempt to prepare for summer heat with the occasional testament to my love of eighties films and beat poets/poet-blouses. What do you think? Are you preparing for the harsh reality of winter up there in that northern part of the world? Or more importantly what’s inspiring you?

Goth-Fiendly Takes on the Little Black Dress

Whenever I read blog posts about the ‘little black dress’ I consistently hear references to Holly Golightly’s gorgeous frock in (my favourite film, just fyi) Breakfast at Tiffany’s. But in the words of Peggy Lee is that really all there is? No, fellow black-dress lovers. That is not all there is. Here are three of my more contemporary and Goth-friendly takes on the little black dress that would give even Audrey Hepburn a run for her money.

Image from Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

I say, go bold with red velvet! Sometimes when all of your dresses are black to get a suddenly bold look (at least with the people who see your regularly) you have to turn to another colour. Red is both true to your sure-to-be Goth spirit, but also vampy. And we all know vampires are consistently fabulous dressers.

Okay, so you want to be bold but you don’t want to sacrifice your beloved black? How about black PVC. It contains all of the good elements of an automatically (tell that to the mountains of lubricant it can take to force your way into a tight PVC dress) show stopping outfit: reminiscent of vampires,

Last resort: go all out (for example floor length velvet gown). Though with genres such as Lolita and those crafty Steampunkians it’s getting harder and harder to “go-all-out.” Which begs the question, what is all-out? Is it head to toe Channel couture or a hundred percent historically acurate Victorian mourning garb?

You tell me! What is your take on the little black dress? And what do you consider to be “going-all-out” on an outfit these days?

Review: Plastik Wrap; Oilslick Gloves

 At first glance after opening the small package I thought that I was ripped off! The gloves I had spent thirty five dollars on were completely different than I had expected.

1. The picture had showed them to be grey. I know that pictures can be misleading but this was a COMPLETELY different colour. I’m not saying that the colour was a horrible thing, actually it was a great thing. It fitted in better with my clothes and I prefer black. It was the fact that if the picture was this misleading I wouldn’t want to have bought anything more expensive, just in case. It’s probably my fault in the end for not asking enough questions.

2. The brand name is stitched in a very noticeable place. Nothing at all was said about a brand name on the item and the picture is clearly hiding it from view using an wristband. It’s easily removed yet very worrying. It’s also not very appealing my my opinion.

3. There was no sizing for the gloves as it was an “Item fits all” type object. They had a message considering larger hands but not smaller. Which in my case is somewhat problematic. I knew that the gloves would probably a bit bigger than my hands and that’s the chance I took in the end it worked out quite well and the sizing hasn’t been too much of a problem so far but it can get VERY uncomfortable.

 

 

4. Questionable quality. At first touch the material seemed somewhat questionable and the seems were also bulgy. It’s not something that I tend to pick up on but as I paid thirty five dollars for a pair of gloves, I expect them to be reasonable in quality.

 In general I liked the colour and the shiny edge to the material. I wasn’t crazy about the seams but it does seem study. The customer service was questionable but as I didn’t actually esquire about anything I’ll keep that a nice neutral.

To sum my experience up it was a pretty neutral experience but the gloves have grown on me quite a bit.
-SaryWalrus.