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Old 11-09-2015, 12:01 AM   #1
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Is Long Hair Really Needed?

Could someone be perhaps bald, or have short hair and still pull off the goth look? Or is short hair fundamentally mandatory?
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Old 11-09-2015, 01:54 AM   #2
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>Is Long Hair Really Needed?

No

>Could someone be perhaps bald, or have short hair and still pull off the goth look?

Yes


I've seen a lot of goths who are bald and with short hair. It doesn't really matter what you're rocking, it's mainly down to what you have to work with and personal taste.
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Old 11-09-2015, 12:23 PM   #3
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>Is Long Hair Really Needed?

No

>Could someone be perhaps bald, or have short hair and still pull off the goth look?

Yes


I've seen a lot of goths who are bald and with short hair. It doesn't really matter what you're rocking, it's mainly down to what you have to work with and personal taste.
Having turned 50 in April, I can't exactly sport the full head of long, black hair that I had in my 20s any more so several years ago I opted for the - get rid of all of it approach. I usually get a .5 or a #1 cut these days. I also grew a moustache and short beard that I can style into a Steampunk Victorian look.
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Old 11-10-2015, 06:21 PM   #4
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Goth is more so a mindset?
I mean sure we all dig expressing ourselves via the external, but personally I feel that the internal is paramount. As for hair styling, shaved bald, short crop, bob, shoulder length, long .. anything goes. My own hair is waist length but blonde, hahaa not the 'ritual black. I've had all kinds of hair styles; GI Jane short, Pulp Fiction bob, mohawk, dreads .. all kinds of colours. To feel the best about yourself I reckon you cultivate your own look and work with what's best for you personally ..

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius

C'mon is that not Goth as fuck
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Old 11-10-2015, 06:24 PM   #5
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I also grew a moustache and short beard that I can style into a Steampunk Victorian look.
Debonair Sir! Debonaaaaaiir!
Love it \m/
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Old 11-18-2015, 01:14 PM   #6
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To me being Goth is definitely more about your mind set and what makes you tick than it is about appearance per say. And no I do not believe you have to have long hair, one of my best friends is a Goth like you and I and she actually sports a bald head a lot. Do what you want, ignore any rude criticisms.
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Old 11-18-2015, 11:38 PM   #7
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Definitely not!!! Color also doesn't matter, i have blue and green ombre hair!!! Ignore the people who will say you aren't a "real" goth for not having long black hair, all they are doing is conforming to everyone else, and being goth is all about being different!!!
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Old 11-19-2015, 11:11 AM   #8
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Definitely not!!! Color also doesn't matter, i have blue and green ombre hair!!! Ignore the people who will say you aren't a "real" goth for not having long black hair, all they are doing is conforming to everyone else, and being goth is all about being different!!!
Very well put.
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Old 11-19-2015, 03:28 PM   #9
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What are you all talking about? Of course long hair is a necessity! How else will onlookers know of your sub cultural leanings without a luscious mellow dramatic mane to gloriously whip into the air, showing your disdain for all things not dark and broody?

No. Nothing pertaining to bodily appearances is necessary to adopt a particular style or sub-cultural labels.
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Old 11-19-2015, 09:24 PM   #10
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Go to extremes. Either long or shaved
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Old 12-07-2015, 07:28 PM   #11
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Who cares its just hair. I actually think the bald look looks great on people.
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