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The soft goth (pastel goth) fashion was launched on January 27th 2012 in a blog.
The urban dictionary submitted an entrance to its definition and then, it started to
reach popularity, becoming one of the most representative within the goth urban
tribes. Theyre likely to be girls.
It is a derivation of Emo and Scene subcultures with an enormous influence of the
Asian Kawaii fashion.
They wear lots of pastel colors but black is used too. they take things that are
stereotypical girly and twist them with a strange magic, juxtaposing them with
black and Gothic archetypes.
Because of their pastel palettes, they often roll with connotations like flowers and
fantasy.

CHALKY WASHED OUT HAIR

Colours such as pink, mint green, baby blue or lile are the most
prefered dyes for hair. Even though, others prefer platinum blondes that
turn out to be really white.
The hair is usually long, and if they dont like to dye it, they wear a wig.
They love hair accessories such as eyeball bow, skeleton clips and
gothic headbands.

MAKE UP
The one mainstay of goths
remains: the more pale the
complexion is, the better it
looks. In contrast, lips are
usually dark in shades of
purple, oxblood, pinks and
matte black.
Pastel goth girls eyebrows are
heavily lined, the eyeliners are
thick, and the eyelashes are
thick and false. They tend to
match them with their hair
colour.
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STYLE
Soft goth girls clothes such as blouses, oversized
sweater, t-shirts, skirts, leather pants...are full
inverted crosses and skulls.
Leggings patterned with bleeding skull and laces are
a must, as well as the spooky quotes or the bleeding
fonts on the clothes.

SHOES
Studs and spikes are
essentials of the footwear.
Platforms, fur boots, Dr
Martens and creepers are
the most popular ones, all
of them either in dark or
pastel colors are an option
for this style.

ACCESSORIES
Unicorn
wings

Studs
Spikes

Gothic
handbags

Kawaii
accessories

Necklaces
with
inverted
cross

Bats
Chokers

Skulls
Chains
Skeletons

TATTOOS AND
PIERCINGS
For piercings and body jewelry
there are many options such as
tunnels, septums, ear piercings
and tongue or belly rings.
For tattoos, the colorful ones
with hearts, rainbows and bows
are an option as well as the
more gothic ones.

MUSIC
Indie rock
Gothic rock
Alternative rock
Post-grunge

They tend to listen to bands and artists such as The Cure, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Lydia,
Evanescence, y Garbage.

Conclusion
Soft Goth subculture clearly is a community predominated by girls, where pastel
colors are the essential key to belong to the group.
However, black is never forgotten in their particular style, since this fashion
tends to give a touch of creepy feeling to the society, making use of bleeding
fonts and mysterious quotes. In that sense, skulls, skeletons, studs and spikes
always appear.
Even if the Asian culture hasnt had a big impact in European countries, this
subculture is one of the few urban tribes that is strongly influenced by the Asian
Kawaii fashion.
Pastel goth is the one it has to be outstanded within the goth group, inasmuch
as it might be one of the most relevant subculture in the 2015.

MATCHING WITH ANALYZED FASHION

Alexander McQueen

Alexander Wang

Valentino

Vivienne Westwood

Prada

BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://es.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=soft+goth
http://www.kaylahadlington.com
http://es.wikihow.com/ser-una-pastel-goth
http://www.rebelsmarket.com/blog/posts/pastel-goth-an-introduction-to-goth-s-light
er-side
http://ultimategothguide.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/pastel-goth.html