I've just had my aunt ont he phone asking me what Gothic Victorian is.
She's been to a couple of fancy dress shops and one of them was showing her stuff that made her look like Maid Marian!!
Now i know what it is - its my wedding theme - but i would be interested to know what you all thought and see how different your ideas are....
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CommentAuthorKimi
Gothic victorian - maid marian - eerrrrr not something i expected in the same sentence.
For gothic victorian I expect corsets, petticoats, long dresses/skirts. Probably similar to Interview With the Vampire (Tom Cruise/Brad Pitt) style. Some Pencil skirts can work too. :)
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CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
I would say long dresses for women, frock coats and top hats for men. Not an era I know much about! But maid marion?
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CommentAuthorsouthern
Steampunk is what springs to mind for me
CommentAuthorStevie_Dee
Disclaimer before I make my comments with limited insight - Im not the brightest bulb in the pack
I imagine Gothic victorian to be really oppulent and dramatic with rich purples/black jacquard etc... Bustles, long long gloves.
Gothic victorian Bramstoker/Byron/Shelley/Polidoris etc...type fiction like The Vampyre, The Necromancer etc... Edgar Allen Poe whos books used to give me nightmares!
ermmm femme fatales, fallen angels, vampires.
I have a feeling Im very very wrong. xx
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CommentAuthorGoff
Yep - all of you think exactly what we think :-)
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CommentAuthorNHR115
I have the same image as most of you i.e. Brad Pitt Dracula. xxx
CommentAuthorsalamander
mmmmmmmmmmmm, vampires *drools*
sorry, someone said something and I went into a daydream!!
Yes, I would have said the same as the above (not the maid marian thing) but the whole medievil castles, dark purple or dark red long skirts and tight corsets with boobs ready to burst out if you take a deep breath, black beaded lace chokers, dark makeup and pale faces and oh....so....sexy!! :)
You know what'd make it MORE sexy??? LEATHER!!!
(p.s. I'm not drunk!)
CommentAuthorDrunchPunk
Yeah, rich fabrics, deep colours, high ceilings, dribbly candles :D Love it!
CommentAuthorGoff
dribbly candles
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CommentAuthorRachie :D
To me it's like sweeney todd meets Vanity Fair/ Moulin Rouge/ Phantom - lavish over the top, feathers, Basques, big candelabras - all the stuff id love but always been too chicken to try!
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CommentAuthorsugardumpling
I thought what Dee thought, and leather - omg yes!! Maid Marian?? errrrrrm no lol
CommentAuthorDrunchPunk
It's not a proper candle unless it's proper dribbly :PPPPP
CommentAuthoreebeegeebee
Makes me think of Jack the Ripper *shudder* :P
CommentAuthorsammys
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anyone watch Vampire Diaries? I think of that when they have their flashbacks to their past... but kinda.. gothy.. so the same dress as the pic i have linked but blacks, deep purples, satins, claret reds? :s
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CommentAuthorGriff
corsets, long skirts, petite hats only suitable to be on fascinators, dark e.g. black with dark red, green or purple. In a word gothic victorian is elegance. xx
CommentAuthorOneDayMrsSmith
I'd have said steam punk too ... :) x
CommentAuthorSuzi
Im with you Goff... dribbly candles
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CommentAuthorPossum
I'd direct someone to Corpse Bride personally!
CommentAuthorLedZepLover
Lace, velvet, long ruched dresses with lots of layers. Rich colours, reds, purples and black. Corsets for the gals, loose victorian style shirts and long dark trench coats for the guys. Little too dark for old Maid Marian me thinks! lol
CommentAuthorlinzi
Queen Victoria in mourning! she is erm, victorian and wore black for years cause she stayed in mourning for so long so that makes her a goth! kinda
and all of her marquisite jewellry she introduced.
Imagine the film Mrs Brown made by Tim Burton!
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CommentAuthorEmsy5000
well the Victorians loved Gothic look at St Pancrus station. so rich dark colors, lace, corsets, ornate, everything beautiful. Yeah Tim Burton is the best modern example
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Just Tim Burton in general lol. Helena Bonham Carter in Harry Potter too!
