Lovely...everything's fashion nowadays.
2006-09-15 12:15:53 · 11 answers · asked by Strange Design 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Because that's all they're doing; they're just dressing in that fashion. They don't have or follow a "lifestyle" or have a particular mindset about it. It's a style, a fashion statement, and the "super cool way to be rebellious and unique".
2006-09-15 12:17:43 · answer #1 · answered by Belie 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because they are fashions. The Last time goth was a lifestyle, it was 1982. The last time punk was a lifestyle it was 1978.
Nowadays they (both punk and goth) are just items on a hanger. A pair of expensive Doc Martin's and baddly made chinese silver jewlery from a street vendor.
Between the two of the fashions, I've seen it pop up at least four times for Goth and three times for punk.
2006-09-15 19:21:03 · answer #2 · answered by SpankyTClown 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think it's something everyone goes through when they're a teenager. They are looking for an identity, and they use clothing styles as a part of that. They also put on the pretenses of that style, which is very annoying. When a 14 year old kid says he's goth because he wears black and listens to HIM, I want to yell at him, but I know I was no better at his age. My mother once told me that when she was a teenager and growing up in SF, that she tried to act like a hippy without really being one. Faking being goth or punk is just this generation's twist on that. In short, the kids are stuck in stage one of the stages of goth:
(Stolen from A Goth in the Night http://gothinthenight.gothicunderworld.com/)
Stage One: Baby Bat, Newbie Goth, Mall Goth, Kinder Goth
They think their so Goth listening to NIN, Marilyn Manson or Slipknot but they look at you with all the intensity of a lost baby kangaroo when you mention Fields of Nephilim, Cruxshadows or Lacrimosa. The males look like either rejects from The Crow or some horrible B-rated vampire movie extra. The females may be harder to pick out with there clothing, however their makeup will seem to be part Krusty the clown, part raccoon and part KISS. Most other goths hate them, yet we all went through this phase. Most goths would rather think that they were born with a lip ring and a black rose clenched in a tiny fist (must have been painful for the mother).
Stage Two: Gothic Goth
Once the BabyBat has found better music labels like Projekt or Fuzion and stopped shopping at Hot Topic (or Cruella) they may now call themselves Goth. However they may not fit in perfectly with more seasoned Goths as they still occasionally hang out with non-goths or in non-goth places.
Stage Three: Uber Goth
They are never seen out of their garb, whether it is at a wedding or a funeral, they are always wearing their trademark outfit. Their makeup skills are at their pinacle. With velvet and silk in everyday life they shun such mundane things as cotton. To be an Uber-Goth, you must have a goth job. There are many jobs out there for goths, 3rd shift at a hospital or morgue, funeral home worker, underground record store or clothing store clerk, graveyard lawnkeeper or any very artsy and useless occupation.
Stage Four: I'm Not Goth Anymore Goth
Once The Uber Goth is jaded enough with the lifestyle and is sickened with the poseur Goths, he will not call himself goth anymore, which makes him even more goth. On occasion these goths will become Ravers (until they realize that scene is just as poseur ridden).
Stage Five: Born Again Goth
Any real Goth can't stand not wearing black and not being moody for very long, so they return to the fold in full force. At this level of Gothdom they are truly above and beyond the other lesser types of goths and will make sure to let them know.
Stage Six: Elder Goth
Either they are really cool, or really sad. They've been in the scene longer than you, they know more than you, and they're not afraid to flaunt they goth muscles at you. However some Elder Goths are old, and not very attractive anymore, although they seem to be oblivious to that fact.
2006-09-16 13:54:45 · answer #3 · answered by Ophelia193 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well historical (1300-1400)goth is a life stile and architect high roofing representing earth goin to god now it has beed radicalized with the modern evolution
goth stile:
Gothic language
Gothic alphabet
Gothic art
Gothic architecture
International Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
Gothic horror
Gothic or Goth subculture
Gothic rock
Gothic metal
Gothic fashion
punk has no history
I'm not a nerd
thank you
2006-09-15 19:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by bert_haney14 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because kids can't "live" the gothic or punk lifestyle. parental rules forbid it most of the time. and a lot of the time, it's just a passing phase. most of the time they grow out of it. it's just something to be "different"...
2006-09-15 19:25:52 · answer #5 · answered by cb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Goth and punk CAN STILL be mindsets, if you understand them.
2006-09-15 19:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by yossarius 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's the way a teenager/young adult (immature) demonstrates their rebellion towards society in general. They do not realize it until much later in life. When they are too busy with kids and earning a living to put all that 'crap' on every day.
2006-09-15 19:26:20 · answer #7 · answered by kar_summers 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
um x-use me but to me punk is a style because thats the style now doesnt matter what you are and i dont consider it a lifestyle cuz it's how u dress and how you express it
2006-09-15 19:19:29 · answer #8 · answered by Poohie boo 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because for some of them, it is.
2006-09-15 19:17:56 · answer #9 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont concider it a lifestyle really... because people grow outta it... just like everything else... its just a phase to me..
2006-09-15 20:27:47 · answer #10 · answered by Dont get Infected 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋