a guide to dressing alternative

now alternative has a much bigger meaning in so many ways like music taste for instance and aparently political views. but thats not what im touching on, instead im touching on tips and tricks to styling youre outfits to become alternative. Now i only know about some genres of alternative like emo, goth, and y2k.. I am not well educated in grunge, scene, or to much of punk though.

you can make youre own clothes using fabric paint, scissors, printing, bleach, and some other ways. If you would like to do that go look at some tutorials and you can find so many difrent ideas.

places to shop

some of these places some people of the alt comunity might get triggered by but you have youre own free will and will do whatever you want anyway.

• shein (specifically look up romwe)
• Hot topic
• thrifting
• dolls kill
• ebay

(i dont use these but people talk about them allot)

• depop
• poshmark
• mecari
• facebook marketplace

Different types of accessories you can buy

• fishnets
• corsets
• belts
• headbands
• belly chains?
• chain belt
• fishnet sleeves
• arm sleeves
• gloves
• necklaces: cross, pentagram, coffin, skull, star, rose, blood vile, spider, lock, bat, sword, guitar
• bracelets: spike, studded, etc
• fishnet tops
• chokers: spiked, o ring, singular charm, LOTS OF MORE
• rings

How to come up with difrent ideas to style youre clothes

• use pintrest (look up outfits or the subgenre of alternative you wanna dress like or just alternative)
• follow alternative people on things like tiktok and instagram or even youtube, maybe even here if they post fits on here
• i dont use it but i hear lemon8 is good
• or even talk to me about how you can start styling youre outfits

im palnning on making one on y2k witch will be more knowledgable help on that subject