Teen Gothic

I painted more patches than this, but i wanted to show what I've done so far on my little project here. All of the pins except the Siouxie one were made using my friend's badgemaker. All the patches were pretty much freehanded with some fabric paint and thin brushes.

My ability to center things properly while handsewing isn't amazing so some things are a little uneven, but I think that adds a certain charm 😉

I have the old Propaganda calendar from 1996 and I’m actually gonna use it!

Basically, I’m 17, looking for a job and my first one but like, it’s really difficult because of how my hair and my piercings so is there any like companies for part time anyone would recommend if you’re goth?

Both of these were basically to see how well my new makeup was holding up after a day of work, and ended up being cute pics worth keeping imo. The beer was a chocolate/coffee/trail mix blend that made me super comfy so I ended up cuddling in socks under the giant couch pillow (super slow bar night and very therapeutic playlist that I wish more people came out to hear). I realize I look like a ventriloquist puppet lol

I wish I had some goth band stuff going on in these pics, but I did discover Ploho that night

I am an F18 girl who is at UK Uni studying computer game modelling, with future ambitions to get a job in 3D modelling in the game or animated film industry, with anything 2D/Concept Art related as a backup option, and I like to dress gothic

My style is accepted at my University and at my old college where I was studying BTEC games dev there, both of those places said 'dress professional' but only meant don't come in in your swimwear or pyjamas or offensive T shirts, however I do change something about my style for the classroom and that is that I don't wear fishnet gloves and limit myself to just 1 bracelet/ring per hand (for being practical and comfortable)

But are any of you goths (or just different styles people in general)working in creative jobs that don't involve serving other people allowed to express style in your workplace ? My mother (F55) said that jobs want you to turn your appearance down and she judged people by style when she hired them (such as telling punks to tie their dreadlocks back and take piercings out while working), bearing in mind she worked in this position in the 1980's and worked in public retail stores, also from what I hear at this time a lot people wore suits at jobs and expressing style during work was frowned upon anyway

But on the other hand today I have seen girls online doing 'get ready for me to go to an interview' and some are going full goth, and it seems the only ones who are turning their appearance down are the ones working in retail and formal office jobs (bearing in mind I only saw this on Reddit and Tik Tok)

However I can prove that my freind (M18, and M15 at the time this happened) got some school work experience at a local games company and he is a metalhead and was allowed to wear his band t shirts and have his long hair down even on the first day

What do you guys think, share your thoughts and experience ? Just want to check it before I chance it