Liz Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 A couple of weeks ago we were in a restaurant in Paris and, sitting near us, was a young woman dressed in the strangest black outfit with silver lace trim, hair fashioned into medusa like curls, black makeup and 6 inch high patent platform shoes; even her hanky was scarlet with black lace trim. The whole lot must have taken ages to put on and cost a bomb. A friend later told us that this was a Goth.Now I've had chance to have a quick search on the internet I can see this is pretty commonplace in the UK. The person we saw was not French, do they exist in France? Round here I have never seen anything remotely like it.Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the infopikey Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Liz wrote"do they exist in France? Round here I have never seen anything remotely like it."Well there's my niece. Mid-teens, 100% Bretonne, lives in Loudeac (not exactly a metroplis). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Sure do, my daughter has one in her class. She always looks as though she should be going to a funeral. Looks even more downtrodden than the rest of the kids, with their dark pants,dark hooded tops and black jackets....... and thats only the girls! .think SB did a thread on this drab dressing some while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 [quote user="Opas"] .think SB did a thread on this drab dressing some while back.[/quote]Thanks, I'll have a hunt, search didn't reveal much. But the person I saw was not drab although all in black, apart from the silver lace and scarlet hanky. She was quite spectacular and what she had on was much classsier than your average teen would wear.Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I think you're very very lucky to have seen a Goth in France. Are you sure it wasn't migratory?For the most part, French plumage remains "classic". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 There was a colony in Rye on the South coast of England about 20 years ago. Yonks ago I remember asking a French Punk in a super market in Place d'Italie the differance apart form the price between red and yellow label Cointreau. Ended up with about a dozen French peopleof all ages and classes agreeing that it was marketing and about three france a bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Either this autumn or the following festival, a friend and I are off to Whitby for the goth festival. Lots of our friends go. And who knows we may go dressed up, she wants to and I might give it a go too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Went to a local restaurant last weekend with sons 1 & 3 and partners and there was a Goth concert going on in the same building. Sons amused themselves hugely by shouting 'smile' at passing visions in black. Never seen such a mournful crowd in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 What about townies, emo's and chavs then?By the way I have shown this thread to my 14 year old daughter who said OMG some adults just dont have a clue whats going on in the world do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorhead Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Loadsa chavs about. They seem to be called something that sounds very like plook which amuses me as it’s the Scots word for zit. Buy a copy of ‘Passion Rottweiler’ to see them pictured with their pride and joys. Also to be seen hanging out in scrapyards and second hand tyre outlets. Beware of even the most rural post office on the equivalent of giro day when you can’t get parked for 20 year old BMWs nor get to the counter past the sea of tracksuits.Loadsa goths too but harder to spot. Many are part-timers and the career goths are not often abroad in daylight. However get the time and place right like when Chumbawamba played Bourges last year and you will wonder where they all came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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