My First Look On the Gothic Fashion Aesthetic

Hello Everyone!
It's me May again and I wanted to make another post, this time its going to be about how I first took a peek in the Goth subculture. The first time I ever even made a look that wonderdul subculture we all know and love. Of course, I didn't have the knowledge of what Goth was back then, since this was 5 years ago when I was fourteen. I am nineteen now, and now I am looking back at that fateful day when I picked up a Vampire Kisses book in my classroom's library (Sure laugh at me now, but I know you read it too! Ha!). The book looked really neat in my opinion, since I am the type that reads books by how the covers look, or if they have interesting titles as well. The book I had picked up was the first one with the original cover, the one that shows Raven's hand with black nail polish of course, with the invitation leading to the mansion. And it says Vampire Kisses in the invitation paper.

They also have a manga series as well.

 Since in my school we had to read for 30 minutes during our first period class, so might as well get a good book to read right? So I started to read this book, once I read that first page I could not stop! It was so wonderful and fascinating, I had never ever read a book about a Goth girl. Hell I didn't even know what a Goth was back in that time when I was a freshman in high school, so everything was so new to me as well. I became intrigued by this book, and also the way that Ellen Schreiber describes Raven's outfits, I was like "Wow that is so cool!"

 

 

And also Raven became my idol during my high school years because I loved how she wore anything she wanted and did not give a damn about whatever people thought about her.

 It was a very admirable trait of her that I loved. While reading this book it was also my entrance into the Gothic Subculture, but the aesthetical fashion part, I didn't look up Post Punk bands until I was an 11th Grader in my junior year (Well I didn't look up Post Punk bands, more like I found them, but I will talk about that in another post). When I was fourteen I was also barely getting into the alternative subculture as well. It was when I was beggining to listen to bands like: 30 Seconds to Mars, Breaking Benjamin, Nirvana, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, The Offspring, etc. Back in my freshman year in high school, everything alternative sounded so fascinating and unique to me. It was like something new to me, kind of like when your a little kid and you get excited when you go to your first roadtrip. Its like a whole new experience that unfolds right in front of your eyes. And still to this day I am still learning more and more about the Gothic subculture. I am still so amazed at how one little book as this has changed my life. This was the thing that did it for me on the Gothic Fashion aesthetic. What about you? Where did you make your first peek at the Gothic subculture?

See you soon,
May

November Inspirational Images

Hello Everyone!
Its me May again, I just wanted to make this quick post about inspirational images I found while surfing on the web. When I had seen them I was filled with a sudden inspiration, which usally happens when I look at beautiful fashion, makeup, ect.

This makeup look is stunning. Its a fairy-esque makeup inspired look that has purple pigmentation on both the eyes and the lips. And I also liked the hair style as well. Plus, I love faeries as well! So of course I loved this picture!

This lip art on the lips is fantastic. I am seriously in love with the landscape art in this masterpiece. I especially love the fact that one was cery creative in making art in this specific area. Its just amazing, the dark midnight blue, the little ghost, plus the little RIP tombstone there too. It captivates perfectly the Halloween aspect that we all know and love.

Now I think all of us would want to get married in a place like this! This church is just beautiful. Everything about this is just perfect. The big window is lovely and the balcony like sculpture things look super cool. The architecture put into this place is just inspirational to me. since well, I would love to be an architect. And the girls dress is gorgeous, plus it doesn't hurt to add that they make a nice couple too. I hoped you all liked these images I thought were inspirational.

See you soon,
May  

Black Friday Haul!

Hello Everyone!

Its me May again. This quick post is mostly for the fact that I went to the mall yesterday and got some goodies and wanted to share them with you all. So you can see the stuff I got at good bargains! I am super happy I got this stuff, some I had been wanting for a while and now I finally have!
Ok, first up is this satin like black blouse I got at Burlingtons. Which I got at $15, I know that isn't exactly a bargain but its much better than paying $25 for one like this at other stores. Which I did see one for $22 in another store in the same mall, it just didnt have that cute black lace detailing on the back.

 It has a black lace detailing in the back.

I am going to remove the annoying belt that came with it. Its not really my thing. I asked my mom if she wanted the belt and she did. At least the belt isn't going to waste.
This is another blouse that I also got at Burlingtons. Its a nice deep burgundy color that is quite lovely in my opinion. This one was at $13.

I really love the collar this blouse has, it kind of gives it that vampy vibe to it. As for the belt I did like this one, since it is much thinner and its made out of that PVC looking material. It will go very nice with the Doc. Marten look alike boots I have.
The last item I got at Burlingtons were these super cute hair pins. These were $3

The next store I went to was Claire's. And they had a whole clearance section. Most of the clearance was on jewelry and Justin Bieber stuff. But, I bought two lovely necklaces from here. This first one has black chain, and black and blue stone for decoration. It is stunning, this one is the one necklace that I had been eyeing a while back and now I finally have it! Yay me!

As you can see what that originally costed. And the bargain I paid for this little gem was $2. The second necklace I also got from Claire's was also $2.

This one just looks so exquisite and was a definite eye catcher for me. This one is perfect for special events like Sweet 16's, Quinceaneras, and weddings. Since I do go out often to events such as those. I also loved this one because when one wears a nice black dress this jewelry piece goes lovely. Now that I mention it, this necklace has this sort of princess-y feel to it, which I adore. The last store I purchased stuff from was a store called Rainbow and in this store I pretty much stocked up on tights. I literally bought 3 packs of this regular fishnet pantyhose pattern.

These were 3 for $10. I literally cried when I saw this price! I usually have to buy them for like $5 to
$10 each at other stores. The next pair of tights are thin vertical stripes.

These are small vertical stripes, which are so lovely! Sorry the lighting is kind of bad in here, but I hope you can still see it. I had been wanting these types for a long time and finally there mine! The next ones are of thicker and bigger stripes.

I also really loved these too. Its good to have variety of stripes. I have also been wanting some of these for ages! And now I have these as well! The last pair of tights I bought were horizontal stripes. These are pretty thick and are also of solid/sheer coverage.

Now that I finished showing you all the tights I got. This was the last thing I bought at Rainbow, the same store I purchased my tights. Its this really cute wallet. It has hearts and star prints, and it has a shiny silvery glittery surface. And its not that type of wallets where the glitter falls off. I also loved that it has double zipper sides. This was for $6

On closer inspection.

I hope you liked the stuff I showed you. Because I am in love with my new stuff! I can't wait to wear those new tights to school! And not to mention those blouses too!
See you soon,
May

Introduction, Getting to know me



Me on New Years Eve

Hello Everyone!
My name is Mayra Celeste Robledo and I am just beginning to write my very own first blog! I am so excited to write in it!This is my very first post, its a bit complicated to use but I hope to get better at blogging real soon. I am not your not so average Goth girl. I am 19 years old and I graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 2011. I live in Houston, TX in the United States. But I plan to live in Paris, France in the upcoming future. Because I plan to live in Europe. ^-^









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For my career goals I plan to get a major in Architecture. Because I love Architecture. I love how everything is made and I love the historical side of it with a burning passion. I am a college student, and I attend a community college in my local area. I am currently attending Houston Community College. I also do plan to get a minor on Fashion Design because I love Fashion! I love everything to do with it! I love to put on cute and groovy clothing and I really love to give makeovers haha! What I also love about Fashion is that you are in control of how you want your outcome to look like. I'd say that is where the beauty of Fashion really is at. Unless you are paid to do a certain look, but you also taking control of what that person is wearing as well.   










On the things that I like to do is mainly go shopping to get new clothing as accessories. Because you can never have too much clothing and accessories! Mainly the things that I shop for have a Gothic inclined look and a Gothic Lolita flair. Or also something with a Victorian style to it as well. I am also a bit into the visual Kei look as well. I also love to hangout with my friends, but lately I feel as if I really don't have any friends at all. So if you live in the Houston area we so have to hangout! I also really want to get to lean how to play violin because I am in love with classical music. I absolutely adore how classical instruments sound when they are played. I also feel whenever I am hearing classical music is that you are in a great ambient whenever you listen to it play. So that is my drive to leaning how to play violin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for my style it varies from day to day because one day I can just wear regular "Goth" clothing and the other day I am wearing Gothic Lolita clothing. As for colors I wear a lot of diverse colors. One day I can wear all blue, the other day I can wear all purple, or the next I can wear all black. For me it just depends on the outfit that I wear actually. I like to go well matched everywhere I go haha.  But keep in mind that this is my personal style and that I do not go by the usual Goth stereotypes. Because where is the fun and creativity in looking like how you want to look! And trying out many fun and different things as well! =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for my music tastes well lets just say that I listen to so many different genres! I listen from the traditional Post Punk, New Wave, Synthpop, Deathrock, Darkwave, and to the many genres of  Industrial to the funky and groovy Trance, Pop, Electronic, KPop, and Japanese Visual Kei music. I do occasionally listen to some Rap and R&B music but most of that is pretty late 1990's and early 2000's. Pretty much the stuff that my friends go and say "wow that song is so old!" And I just give them the stare and say "I listen to much more older music than that!" lmao XD Some of the other music genres that I rarely (pretty much never) listen to nowadays is the music that I used to listen back in high school. Those genres include Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal, Trash Metal, and Death Metal. And a little bit of Emo Hardcore. To be quite honest I feel quite uncomfortable when I listen to that. So it sits untouched on my very much loved iPod.

 

 

 

 

 

So now getting on to the topic on what this blog is going to be about. This is an update for this post. My first post was quite lame. And it was sort of vague and didn't really talk much about myself. I am still having trouble with BlogSpot. Which kind of sucks actually. I thought I would take less time getting the hang of it. But the only problem that I have is the adding captions thing. And when I do add them the pictures all come out together on the same line and prevents me from moving them and that is so not cool! This picture was taken on 3/27/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From what I have actually have been doing in this blog is not much...Sorry everyone! But I do update every week with a different topic. I do have rambles in this blog. I haven't had any time to do haul posts because they are so time consuming. And because I buy too many things to actually put those many things in a blog haul. I think I should maybe make a YouTube channel to post those. Which I am planning to but until I get a good quality camera! So I have no idea if this is going to be a rambling blog of some sorts. But I will make an accessory post on what types of things that I wear with my outfits! Picture taken on 4/17/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did I forget to mention how much I love video games?! I pretty much love Nintendo games. I loved games since I was a little kid. I remember when the Nintendo 64 came out and I used to play games like Super Mario 64, Super Samsh Brothers I, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Snap, Donkey Kong 64, The Legend of Zelda games, and the Tony Hawk games. And lets not forget the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance with the Pokémon handheld games! Those are so much fun to play. I actually have Pokémon Yellow to play in my cellphone ^-^  And lets not also forget when the Nintendo Gamecube came out. I remember Super Mario Sunshine, The Legend of Zelda the Windwaker, Luigi's Mansion, Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness, and Mario Kart Double Dash, and Super Smash Brothers Melee II! Picture taken on 4/18/2013

 

 

 

 

 

So that is my new introduction, I hope you all got to know more about me through this intro. And I hope it wasn't as vague as my first introduction. And I hope you all like what I mentioned in this introduction. I tried to write about the most basic things that you all should at least know. Like hobbies and things that I like to do. And what are my interests. Comment down below and tell me about yourself I would like to know about you as well! If you want to follow me on both Instagram and Tumblr its moonlitmidnightmay. I use this username for pretty much everything. Well I hope you like this revamped post of my introduction! ^-^ Picture taken on 4/18/2013