How's the Goth/Punk movement in your Town/City

well actually near my town there is something I like do call a little miracle. a disco called Tempo DJ that has a metal room and a house room together. it's a miracle because the metalheads and those that listen to house music always \"fight\" each other, there isn't a real conflict, just some random fights but it isn't normal that a lot of people from both sides can go in the same place without a little fight. but they seem to tollerate each other in there... I need to study this thing to understand why. Because in almost every other place the atmosphere starts to become really unsafe in the same situation.

xXzetsumeiXx wrote:

Goth in my town is dying!!!! :S I'm in America, about an hour away from DC, and EVERYTHING I see has been maintreamed T.T I'm one of the ... maybe three 'goths' in my school, and it's not fair. I know a LOT of people that want to be more goth, but they don't have the money to buy stuff online...we need more good stores nearby with slightly cheaper merchandise.

Hey, I am also less than an hour from DC. I don't see a lot of goth in the local schools (but I am way older than school age). My daughter is the gothiest thing at her school, and she is a perky goth type (but she is only 10).

I get a remarkable lot of my clothes from Target, H&M and the like. Very inexpensive, but added lace, nicer buttons, etc., really can change the whole look. You don't need special equipment, just a needle and button thread for buttons, and you can even get iron-on tape to add trims, lace, ribbons, etc. You don't even have to know how to sew! Good luck!

I've probably mentioned before, but whenever I'm online and I find 'gothic' clothing pieces that I like but are way too overpriced for what they are, I just find as many pictures of the item from different angles as I can, and then see if I can modify things to create the same look/garment.

The plan is that I'd eventually learn to sew and can just do my own take on gothic clothing items. Would save me a lot of money in the long-run and everything would be made to my own measurements, which solves another problem of mine.

Yeah, I modify my clothes as well as sew my own (though each piece i've done so far has an interesting story behind it).

My city has a few smaller concert venues where a lot of metal and gothic bands play gigs. Unfortunately, we don't have any goth clubs. We do have gothic clothing stores though.

I discovered a goth club a few weeks back...I realised why I never noticed it before: I was underage. I shall certainly be going there sometime soon.