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Punk + History = Gothic Fashion

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Trystan L. Bass
1980s - Stevie Stewart New Romantic photo

This is the presentation to accompany the lecture I gave at Costume College 2016. The topic was the evolution of the gothic subculture’s fashion, rising out of punk in the 1970s and combining historical fashion elements with music, literature, art, and pop culture, plus how gothic fashion became high fashion. Punk + History = Gothic

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Black, It’s Not Just for Mourning

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Trystan L. Bass
1810s mourning picture

This is the presentation to accompany the lecture I gave at Costume College 2015. The topic was how black clothing has been worn over the centuries, sometimes for mourning the dead but also for utilitarian reasons and for fashion by different classes in western Europe. Black, It’s Not Just for Mourning – Costume College 2015

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