Augusta
Puritan Board Doctor
I believe that it was already established early on why "Goths" wear what they wear. They are rebelling against social norms. They want to shock people. They want to look different from the "normals." They also like to look half dead.
All I have to do is look in the local school yard to see that clothing speaks volumes. You have your preps, jocks, punks, rockers, hicks, hip hops, goths, and geeks. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess what group they identify with.
Each group has its undercurrents. YES, they all are individuals each different from from one another. BUT they want to fit in somewhere and so they dress like the group they either like or by other circumstances joined.
You also have the prudes and the easy girls. Now you guys don't even try to tell me that you didn't know which girls would put out and which ones wouldn't in school. This was usually based on dress. You can tell alot about a woman by how she dresses.
Of course reading people by their dress is not fool proof or mathematically precise. There are variances. Usually if someone doesn't mind dressing like a certain group it is because they either identify with them or don't mind at least being affiliated with them. Based on some of the themes of these various groups this can be a problem. A rebellious group I would be particularly careful of. I have three daughters and I don't want them to be identified with any group unless its the prudes.
I personally, and maybe its just me, would not like to be affiliated with S&M types so I leave out the black leather collar and whips from my attire.
[Edited on 6-2-2005 by Augusta]
All I have to do is look in the local school yard to see that clothing speaks volumes. You have your preps, jocks, punks, rockers, hicks, hip hops, goths, and geeks. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess what group they identify with.
Each group has its undercurrents. YES, they all are individuals each different from from one another. BUT they want to fit in somewhere and so they dress like the group they either like or by other circumstances joined.
You also have the prudes and the easy girls. Now you guys don't even try to tell me that you didn't know which girls would put out and which ones wouldn't in school. This was usually based on dress. You can tell alot about a woman by how she dresses.
Of course reading people by their dress is not fool proof or mathematically precise. There are variances. Usually if someone doesn't mind dressing like a certain group it is because they either identify with them or don't mind at least being affiliated with them. Based on some of the themes of these various groups this can be a problem. A rebellious group I would be particularly careful of. I have three daughters and I don't want them to be identified with any group unless its the prudes.
I personally, and maybe its just me, would not like to be affiliated with S&M types so I leave out the black leather collar and whips from my attire.
[Edited on 6-2-2005 by Augusta]