Jun 02
by Dark Sith

Are you fascinated with the mysterious culture of goth? Perhaps a Gothic corset might pique your interest. It is a type of corset top that has a function very different from a traditional corset. A corset’s purpose to lift breasts and reduce waistlines have nothing to do with its Gothic counterpart. Instead, a Gothic corset is just about individualism. It is a fashion symbol that resembles a traditional corset.

A Gothic corset represents the Gothic subculture. People who are into this fetish costume are often labeled as mysterious yet alluring and anti-social yet attractive. The design of a Gothic corset was heavily influenced by the post-Victorian era, evident by the usual lace and ribbon. The color is mostly black or dark to depict the Dark Ages and medieval times. The classic look is highlighted by the rich fabric, intricate patterns and embossed designs.

Similar to a traditional corset, Gothic corsets are often made by corsetry tailors. They are very keen on the measurements of the wearer and make sure the corset fits to a tee. Today, many stores specialize in Gothic outfits, including corsets. There are corsets for every type of body, from the very petite lady to a plus sized woman. Some personalized corsets have boning so the body looks even sexier, but those manufactured commercially are made in general sizes.

If you don’t have time to wait for a personalized corset, then you can avail a ready-to-wear version at any of the growing number of Gothic stores today. These shops have all types of sizes from the tiniest body to the fullest size. Unlike a customized corset, commercially manufactured Gothic corsets do not have boning to give make you look more shapely. Additionally, the mass-produced version are not tailored to the exact size of your body.

Gothic corsets may project gloomy outlook, but that doesn’t reduce the allure of the wearer.

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May 14
by LaCola Berry

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May 12
by Kathy Austin

In the context of t-shirts, the word “cool” has a figurative meaning and is as different as chalk and cheese from its literal sense. Though it is more widely used in college campuses than elsewhere, in describing an object that is exquisite or extremely desirable or out-of-the-world or even weird; it is still different from the other COOL that is used in the same campuses. “COOL” for “Classroom Object-Oriented Language”; this is definitely not “cool”.

Although coldness in extreme can be very uncomfortable, however, moderate coldness can make one feel better. It would not also be surprising if the word “Cool” signifies something that suits one and makes one feel comfortable.

Being “Cool” can also translate to being comfortable with one’s own style. Every one of us would always want to find out the best thing that really fits us, in line with our own craving for an unique individual lifestyle. However, we also want to send our own fashion statement to those people around us.

The difference with being “Cool” with one’s self and being “Cool” to others is quite significant. While one could be relaxed and at ease with one’s own style, others might hold a contradictory view. It is true that we are entitled to wear our own styles of clothes and simultaneously express or feelings and one way to do it is to wear a cool t-shirt.

There are many ways on how one could express one’s “Coolness”. Perhaps, the most, obvious way is wearing some Cool T-Shirt now that we know what “Cool” means. We want to be comfortable with ourselves especially when we want to send some statement to those people around us. That would be the “Coolest” thing one can do.

With special reference to being “Cool”, one needs to know what it signifies for others. We always try to look for what is “Cool” for ourselves. As mentioned earlier, it is not usually in line with another’s point of view. Perhaps, it is more apt that one should put on cool t shirts when we are in the company of people who we are comfortable with. While this would always be a rule, there are still some exemptions to it. One can put on these cool t shirts when one likes to send a strong statement to those around one. Letting them know some “Cool Message” is not only a daring act, it is also a good channel to express one’s self.

Since a cool t-shirt sends some fashion statement or perhaps an expressions, there are ways to find the most suited design for one’s print. One can have one’s cool t-shirt designed with one’s most favorite rock star or perhaps one favorite pop star. One can also have some cool statements like “All The Cute Boys are Gays” or some call out statements on it if one is desperate to get the attention with the boy next door.

But the best way to use a cool t shirt is to give it as a present, especially to one’s friend. However, one must make sure that one’s “Cool T Shirt” will also be cool for him. Otherwise, it is not so much “cool” at all to give it to him. If one is planning to give one, take some time to know whom one will be giving it to. One way of making one’s friend feels good about one is to let him know that one knows him. And one way of sending such message to him is through a Cool T Shirt.

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Kathy Austin is a writer for an online gallery.Red Bubble enables you to buy cool t-shirts, crazy t-shirts online and more.
Apr 29
by Kathy Austin

The conception and birth of the t-shirt was a normal occurrence. Nothing complicated. It might have passed off into the history of fashion without a walk down any of the world’s long ramps had not some subsequent events taken place. But its evolution, though short like is arm is quite an interesting one. For it started on its journey to fame as a humble underwear.

The T-Shirt began its existence as a humble piece of clothing hidden under another layer of clothing or sometimes under layers of clothing that men wore. It spent its life hidden away, soaked in his sweat, either because of his toils or because of the climate or just because of some metabolic quirk that he had. Some times he sweated for some primeval reason.

It was brought out into the open when footage of news of the World War I showed these soldiers dressed only in this piece of cloth. They had shed their uniforms to overcome the warm and humid climate of Europe. But it wasn’t till the 1950s that the popularity of the t-shirt was established, by another theatre, when Marlon Brando in “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951) and by James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955) were seen wearing these shirts as something other than as an underwear. The t-shirt’s day was made. This innocuous piece of clothing shot into the limelight as more and more icons of the film industry began sporting it as a dress on its own rights.

There was no stopping it. Its subsequent progress was rapid and astonishing. People just had to wear it. Taking the nation by storm it became a national happening. Age was not a constraint. Neither was sex. Men, women, infants, teenagers and senior citizens sported it. It was considered to be cool - literally and figuratively and you were not “in” if you didn’t wear one, and when it became a tool for political propaganda it reached its peak exposure. It is not surprising that the Smithsonian Institute boasts ownership of the oldest printed t-shirt on record, a shirt by the then Governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey’ during his 1948 Presidential campaign. It had the phrase “Dew-IT with Dewey” emblazoned on it.

This casual dress was initially used for getting across a variety of simple messages, political, health etc. The Vietnam conflict saw it surfacing as a medium of protest. A more robust and elastic printing ink called Plastisol was discovered in 1950 and this invention saw more imaginative and creative communication being effected through the medium of the t-shirt.

Everything under the sun - Jokes, one-liners, graphic messages; just name it and they all would have at one time or another appeared on the simple, low-priced piece of dress shaped like a “T”. The development of printing technology boosted its popularity and it became more and more graphical.

Jokes, one-liners, graphically symbolic messages, you name it and they all appeared on the simple, inexpensive piece of dress shaped like a “T”. As printing technology developed it became more and more graphical. Mass production techniques just edged it on the more.

The advent of the Internet brought customization into the realms of the design of these t-shirts. Anyone can design and wear a unique t-shirt of his own, according to his fancy. There is a saying that says that clothes make a man, but none say as much this one does. The t-shirt is a wonderful product.

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Kathy Austin is a writer for an online gallery, Red Bubble. Red Bubble sells high-quality t-shirts, funny t-shirts , framed prints, mounted prints and more.