Victorian Goth

The Victorian Goth is one of the scene's biggest visual influences due to its basis in Gothic literature of the Victorian era.

☥ Defining visual traits
Many Goths like to stand out visually, however, every type has an array of shared features that help to make them easily identifable from one another. Victorian Goths predominantly feature the following:


 * Ball dresses
 * Mourning garb
 * Tailcoats
 * Top hats
 * Walking canes

☥ Victorian Goth music
Artists most associated with Victorian Goths:


 * The Cure
 * The Smiths
 * Rasputina

Genres most associated with Victorian Goths:


 * Classical
 * Coldwave
 * Darkwave
 * Etherealwave
 * Opera

☥ Closest associates
Goth groups most related to Victorian Goths:


 * Romantic Goths

While Punks and Post-punks are not considered to be Gothic in of themselves, how Goth evolved from them makes these groups especially close.