walk among us

HALLOWEENIE is coming up really soon. I don't think I have any place to even dress up so that's kind of a bummer. I always think of an awesome idea last minute and put a ton of effort into it and come out with a pretty good costume. I love playing dress up.

I was feeling particularly creative today so I thought I'd make a collage. This time of the year always makes me want to break out the dark plum lipstick and black clothes. I love goth influenced style (not the cheesy mall-goth shit but the badass spiderweb tights and bat winged dresses). Here are some things to inspire you.

1. John Rocha Spring 09 RTW
2. Louise, image via Facehunter. Proof that you can do goth without black hair.
3. Beetlejuice and Lydia (Winona Ryder) from the Tim Burton classic
4. Backstage makeup at Lanvin Spring 08 RTW
5. Camilla Stærk (designer and goth-tress extraordinaire) with friends, image via the Sartorialist
6. Enid (Thora Birch) in Ghost World
7. Edward Scissorhands of course and appropriately captioned "Vampires Three."

Ladytron

Do you like girls who look like dolls?

Meet Johanna Öst. I first started visiting her website, like, literally 5 years ago and she has fascinated me ever since. I wouldn't necessarily wear anything she wears or style myself how she styles herself but I just think she's wonderful and carries it off so well.

Her earlier days as a little pixie

As a goth





She wore this to the premiere of Marie Antoinette (the movie)

So, as you can see she's fabulous. Check out her website, she's also an illustrator of children's books! Fantastic. Excellent.

http://johannaost.com

And her Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johanni

Oh, and look at her house:


So dope