Glossary

If you are unsure about what some of the words and terms specific to alternative clothing and the gothic scene mean, you can now look up the most common definitions in use in our online store.

Detailed descriptions and definitions for the most common clothing styles associated with the gothic scene, like cyber, punk, bondage or rockabilly are provided, along with clothing examples directly from our store.

We provide explanations and definitions to most of the fabrics our clothes are made along with their specific attributes, from common cotton and wool to satin, velvet and voile!
 
Rockabilly

Rockabilly emerged in the early-1950's and is one of the earliest styles of rock music. It is a combination of rock and hillbilly music, hence the name. The popularity of this style waned in the mid-60’s and almost completely disappeared until the mid-80’s, when the Stray Cats spearheaded a rockabilly revival in the UK, and later in the US. This revival has endured to the present, and has left it’s mark on the gothic scene too, engendering own subgenres like psychobilly (more punkish) or gothabilly (more atmospheric).

The revival did also bring back the rockabilly fashion, although male fans usually prefer the greaser look as practiced in the Us, with gas station work shirts, Aloha shirts, biker jackets, leopard skin accents and lots of hair pomade and long sideburns. Women’s fashion however has revived differently, the poodle skirts and letter sweaters were dropped - instead, glamorous dresses and petticoats or bad girl pinup looks became increasingly popular, and still are today.

 

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