Back from holidays and the weather is so goth

Hello all. I was away on summer holidays in Greece where I got a lot of sun (so un-goth I know) and I did a lot of snorkeling which I loved, saw my friends and family etc., and in general I had a great time.

I got almost sunburned the first week because I have a very fair skin and I used a 20 sunscreen only, which was not a good idea, so then I got a 50+ and my skin was saved. C'mon give me some goth points for that :)

Anyway, I want to share my short clothing tip of the summer with you, especially for you that thinking of traveling in a very warm country like Greece for your holidays. I'm from Athens and I know how impossibly hot it gets there so I wanted to find something elegant, goth and light, to help me look nice during my time there. I knew I wanted a dress of some sort and... yes I found it.

This is an amazing dress from the Sweden rock e-shop and you can find it here: http://www.swedenrock-online.se/innocent-khorion-klaenning/art_247589/

I'm not affiliated in any way with this store. I just wanted to say that it was exactly what I needed. I was wearing it almost every day (yes yes washing it often of course) paired with my Dr.Marten boots. It is comfy, light and goth!

Perfect for darklings who want to travel to hot summer destinations!

You don't need to get the exact dress of course, but my advice is to look for something in that direction. Looks great as is or you can also match it with a pair of black leggings (short or long ones).

Enjoy your summer style and stay goth!

Gothic clothing for men styles tips and where to buy

I will write another post dedicated to men and where to buy gothic clothing items, since I get the feeling that there are more information about women out there and less about men.

---- Update --- I decided to update this post since many of the links don't work any more and because there are more awesome things I'd like to include here. I hope you'll enjoy it -----

So I sometimes browse gothic clothes for men in order to get ideas for my fiance. So here is what I found today.

I have no affiliation with these stores, I just browser stuff and I share them with you :)

Shirts and T-shirts for men

This e-shop is an interesting one. It's called Spiraldirect and it has clothes for both men and women but it seems that there are more items for men. Woohoo! Their clothes have mostly gothic and fantasy patterns on them and they are awesome.

Here are a few examples of shirts of all kinds with cool designs on them:

Find it here: http://www.spiraldirect.com/mens/dragon-heritage-t-shirt-black.htm

Sleeveless shirt with same design as above which has the same dragon/demon design in the back as well. Find it here: http://www.spiraldirect.com/mens/dragon-heritage-sleeveless-stone-washed-worker-black.htm

How about this Viking featuring shirt?

Find it here: http://www.spiraldirect.com/mens/viking-dead-shortsleeve-stone-washed-worker-black.htm

If you like tribal patterns then take a look at this:

Find it here: http://www.spiraldirect.com/mens/stained-tribal-inner-longsleeve-t-shirt-black-silver.htm

If you don't like big patterns or designs and you are more of a low profile guy but still like going into goth/ebm clubs and look cool here are some great shirts for you:

Find it here: http://www.spiraldirect.com/mens/metal-streetwear-shortsleeve-stone-washed-worker-black.htm

Find it here: http://www.spiraldirect.com/mens/metal-streetwear-shortsleeve-workshirt-black.htm

And why not this one:

Find it here: http://www.spiraldirect.com/mens/shadow-skull-grey-sleeveless-stone-washed-worker-black.htm

Lets look for some pants for our goth men, shall we?

I probably have written again about x-tra-x. Well it's a great store with very good prices, so why not?

Here is a simple pair of pants. My advice is that if you are going to wear a heavy shirt, heavy as in with a lot of patterns, or a big stamp like the ones above, go for a simple pair of pants otherwise the whole outfit will look too heavy and busy.

Something like this should be fine:

Find it here: http://www.x-tra-x.de/clothes-male/pants-mens-skirts/hose-cash-jeans-19857.html

This one can work too:

Find it here: http://www.x-tra-x.de/clothes-male/pants-mens-skirts/hose-spiderweb-star-2334.html

However, you can have a simple black shirt or t-shirt, with no patterns or stamps and you can go crazy with the pants.
Like this:

Get it here: http://www.the-black-angel.com/gothic-pants-men/711-queen-darkness-clothing.html

Or this:

Get it here: http://www.the-gothic-shop.co.uk/baggy-black-cargo-trousers-shorts-with-chains-p-4484.html

And these are my suggestions for today. I hope you enjoyed them.

Of course there are plenty more clothes and styles to experiment with and I definitely plan on making more posts like this with different outfits.

So stay tuned and stay goth!
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I used to love the industrial clothing style...

...but now that I am older I tend to go back to more classic, old school gothic style, if I can use that expression.

Hehe, I sound like a boring old person. But it's not like that.

I love watching people in fancy industrial and cyber clothes. As long as they make nice combination and are capable to "wear" it, if you know what I mean.

I love this shirt but this is - in my opinion - cool to wear in goth clubs or a concert:

LIP SERVICE FALLOUT RIB RACER HALTER TOP

Ok, truth be told, sometimes I still do it. I like my big demonia boots, my arm warmers with chains and my accessories and everything.

Oh and I am a sucker for skirts like this:

Skirt (see more goth skirts)

But sometimes I feel a bit "old" to keep dressing like this. Unless I go to an industrial band concert. Well, you might argue, "Well, duh, that's where you are supposed to dress like that". I know, I and couldn't agree more.

But recently I have been founding more appealing to me, to wear a cool fancy shirt, with a skull, or a steampunk pattern, a pair of black jeans, my black belt with red stars and my doc martens or my bikers boots.

And always "accompanied with" my black eyeliner and red lipstick makeup.

I guess I'm struggling inside to find a balance between my gothic - ok I will use the word alternative - self and my work self. But I refuse to get rid of my black awesomeness!