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The Goth style is all about freely expressing yourself and portraying your individuality. Not surprisingly, the Goth lifestyle is very popular with teens. However, you'll often find people in their twenties or older embracing it too. The three main aspects of this style are clothing and accessories, hair, and make-up.

The most common aspect of clothing associated with Goth fashion is the use of all- or mostly-black outfits, usually combined with distinct accessories, such as fishnet or velvet tights and heavy pewter jewelry. Now while black is still the ruling color of all colors when it comes to Goths, dark or even bright jewel tones are coming into the scene to add a feel of punk rock. That's the subculture the Goth style came from.

Another important part of the Goth style is hair. Hair has a lot of potential here. It is the one part of the body that's the easiest to style into an endless variety of different looks. Goths usually either dye their hair or sport wigs.

Colors vary widely, ranging anywhere from black to pink, but typically the hair is limited to a single flat color... or else a color that contrasts sharply with big highlights. When it comes to Goth hair, "subtle" is a word that does not apply. Anything from shaved heads, blunt cuts, bobs, angled cuts, and Mohawks are acceptable in Goth fashion. All of these hair styles may be worn by girls, boys, men or women.

Goth style make-up also includes a lot of black. Look into a Goth make up kit and you will probably find dark mascara, black liquid eye liner, and even black lipstick in there. Men and women alike wear make-up to contribute to their originality. Some Goths will inject color into their make-up with dark red lipstick or even colored fake eyelashes. Many use a white foundation or cheek color for the sake of contrast.