Teen Gothic

I saw a girl on TikTok who was doing “trad goth” makeup and to me as someone very very new to goth subculture it looked like what I thought trad was but there were a good amount of comments saying that it was, in fact, not trad goth. There was like a modern trad v trad debate going on but nobody was articulating what the differences are. Is the music side of the aesthetic only separated by time like when it came out or are modern trad and trad different stylistically? Trying to make my way into the space but goth has become such a buzz word it’s hard to find actual meanings for shit.

Personally, I love it, but I've seen a lot of hate at least on social media.

Some people say it isn't goth, but drag. Others say it is goth, but modern trad, and I agree, but I prefer to call it glam!

i know it’s not the best but i loved it, i hope to try again and experiment more! i need a white foundation and some better eyeliner/lipstick too lol

just wanted to see if anyone else noticed this
feel free to correct me if im wrong throughout this post cuz I'm a baby bat lawl (also this isn't me calling anyone a poseur, its simply an observation!) also I've included links for examples of what I am talking about.

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this but modern "trad" goths that u see on social media are really actually dressed more like goths from the late 90's to early 00's. If you look up trad goth on tiktok and pinterest u see people in all black makeup and all black clothes that u would find in an early 2000s lip service mag. I don't hate this look at all, I love it actually! Though, I wonder where all the 80's magic of tradgoth disappeared for people. Maybe an elder goth can back me up on this but when I look at pictures of goths in the 80's they typically had a lot more color in their makeup, hair, and clothes than you would see if you looked up pictures of modern tradgoths. There's also a lot of sweaters, huge belts, huge earrings, and things that typically gear toward more general 80's fashion. Maybe I'm wrong and tradgoths did dress like that (because I'm a teenager so I was nowhere near the original scene haha), but this is my observation. And before anyone says "who cares", I'm not pressed or upset about it lol

how does it look? it’s my first time trying a makeup look like this

Hello everyone, I wanted to share what I recently diy-ed tonight. I normally wear all black but wanted to experiment with some color and I’m incredibly happy with the results. The red seems to make the black pop out more which makes me happy. I made these red tights to wear with my other diy-ed fishnets. The look is heavily inspired by Alien Sex Fiend’s “Who’s Been Sleeping In My Brain?” album. Let me know what you think! Thank you 🙂