I know of one occasion so far of someone only of slight goth leanings showing the book to a complete non-goth who decided she wanted a copy.

I hope that becomes a trend, not just for sales (though that'd be nice) but because so much of the book is about getting the masses to better understand Goth.

clutches Brooks Brothers discount card tightly

I loves me my twinsets, oh yes I do

I will be going to my local independent bookstore this weekend. If they do not have Jilli's book, I will order it and pimp it mightily. The owner does frequently order on customer recommendation, so... (crosses fingers).

I was totally anti-capri until I found a straight-legged pair. Which may make them not capri pants, IDK.

retreats in terror from the Bon Jovi earworm

smiles in glee from the Bon Jovi earworm.

Thanks, juliana!!

I love capris a lot. I wear them pretty much all summer.

So-called "work shorts" are NEVER an option

I have worn bermudas to work but that's because our school is not air conditioned and my room would get over 90 degrees.

I like capris in the summer.

And I love most gothy things very much, but I can't see ever pulling off the look. I'm also very lazy, though -- at home, I almost never wear makeup and I'm usually in one of two pairs of jeans and a comfortable shirt.

I don't think I really have a "look". Generic geeky at cons, just generic at work. My earring collection is the only bit of funkiness I do.

I don't wear capris, as I know they'll make me look stumpier than I am.

Not only are capris evil, they're banned at my office. Skirts or long pants. I'm not sure guys have the option of skirts, though I'd like to see someone try the kilt thing.

I am very sorry that Goth, as an aesthetic, was absolutely nowhere on my horizon when I was a teenager. I mean, there were a couple of girls at my (all-girl, uniform-wearing) school who, in retrospect, were Goths - but that was the flavour of Goth involving having hair like Robert Smith, and listening to The Cure. And whilst I'm perfectly well disposed to The Cure, it's the whole reading-Vampire-lit/Gothic-novels, wearing-antiquated-styles-of-clothing, having-picnics-in-graveyards, liking-poetry-and-Victorian-follies side of things I was (am) far more fond of. Also, the whole notion of Goth Clubs having an approach to music and dancing that involves being swoopy and fabulous on one's own strikes me as pure brilliance.

sighs

But I am evidently not a Goth. I think I may be Goth-adjacent, and in some other universe I would totally have been a Goth - but there's another other universe where I'd totally have been doing SCA things.

...er, both of these universes seem to involve me having an American accent, though.

After seeing Jilli's first video , my mom asked me if I was goth. I certainly don't dress goth, but I would say there are bits and pieces of goth in my life. tendencies/ leanings. And one of the early dates DH and I had , was in a cemetery on Chales Ives' grave. What I know I'm not is preppy -- even though I have clothes in that category. ( I was born minutes from LLBean). As far as clothing, practical first. Simple lines, and if the occasion warrants - big jewellery, shoes of note, of fabrics of interest.

I seem to have finally settled into the Rockstar look, which seduces items from Goth and Punk, promises them pretty things, and then makes off in the middle of the night on the motorcycle.

And it works very, very well for you.

I am of the utterly lazy goth tendency. If it takes more than 10 minutes to get dressed and made up, i don't do it aside from very special occasions (like, er prom, which took 15 whole minutes just to do the hair!). In my goth-heyday the clubbing attire and makeup was a 20 minute affair, including tooth-brushing and corset lacing. I was quite proud of meself.

Now i just toss on a tshirt and comfy pants most days and call it done. Don't even bother with makeup. The downside of a job with zero wardrobe requirements and no f2f interaction with the public (i.e. potentially hot strangers) is that i entirely stopped trying.