VK Tutelage: May 2012

Alternative Expressions and Gauntlets

Visual Eyes of a Sith" by Gibson Heart

"visual mu" by kamuikaoru http://kamuikaoru.deviantart.com/

Kote kei

Malice Mizer

Metis Gretel

Black - Dark, Heavy Feelings expressed through Severe Gothic Visuals.
A style that seeks the unusual, decadent, and aesthetic, illustrating themes of roses, crosses, nepotistic corruption and blood. Depicted with Vibrant hair colors, androgenous styles, and elaborate costuming:
think leather, latex, lace, corsets and platforms.

Individuals accessorize paying great attention to detail, that includes glamourous accessories of gloves, scarves, hats and of course jewelry with make-up focused mainly on definition of eyes and lips on pale faces.

Syndrome

"Visual Knight" by QuistisNoir

"We met on that place... didn't we? Now U can no longer... do anything, but...

We met in this town... didn't we... ? Now I can no longer... love anyone, but...

Now you are..on that hill, Together we saw... this sky we're looking at

Now I am... in this sky, We were there... looking at that hill

The whitering flower, like on that time, Even once more would be enough,

It wants to bloom beautifully

On this night... The heart and the ideals... melt into the darkness,

At least just for tonight

By your side...

Goodbye, goodbye... goodbye... goodbye..."

- "Akura no Oka" ~ Kyo, Dir En Grey

"ano bashou de deatta ne ima dewa mounani mo dekinai keredokono machi de deatta ne ima dewa moudare mo ai senai keredo

kimi wa ima ano oka de futari de mita kono sora wo mitsumeteruboku wa ima kono sora de futari de ita ano oka wo mitsumetekareru hana ano koro no you ni*mou ichido dake de ii kirei ni sakitakute

kono yoru ni kokoro mo risou mo yami ni toke komu

ima dewa nani mo dekinaisemete konya dake demokimi no soba deano bashou de kimi to deai subete wa hajimaru

kono machi de kimi to deai ima dewa daremo ai senaikimi to futari de"

Dir En Grey

"Visual Aphrodite" by kamuikaoru

Listening Recommendation:
D - Der König der Dunkelheit PV

Elegant Goth

Goshikku kei

"Gothic Lolita Rosemarie" by Angeliq http://angeliq.deviantart.com/

Elegant Gothic Aristocrat and Elegant Gothic Lolita

Mana, designer of Moi-même-Moitié is a very influential personage of these styles.

http://moi-meme-moitie.shop-pro.jp/

Versailles, 2008 Aristocrat Symphony

Versailles, 2011 Masquerade

Louis XIV

Goshikku kei has a dark and regally elegant grace,

very inspired by French music and culture; consider Louis XIV!

Gallerie Des Glasses, Versailles Palace

Details are rather refined in this style.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/66687531/gothic-aristocrat-lolita-egl-victorian

There is a victorian element to this fashion as well.

http://www.fanplusfriend.com/servlet/the-473/Elegant-Gothic-Aristocrat-Corset/Detail

"gram maria" by muckcracker http://muckcracker.deviantart.com/

With all the elegance of a Lord Byron poem and all the edginess of Peter Steele meets Nightwish, this genre and fashion style is awe-inspiring.

"Beautiful Mayonaise" by CarSoda http://carsoda.deviantart.com/

Truly a Tenebrous Art in JRock and Fashion.

"I watch the waves crash upon the shore alone

as my tragedy repeats eternally, over and over

In the dark sky, a thousand stars softly envelop me

Even the dreams we dreamed together now vanish

even the wind we felt together is changing

The melody I hear within this night pours out like my tears"

"I remember you" by BLOOD

http://www.jpopasia.com/group/blood/videos/i-remember-you::12006.html

"Uchiyoseru nami o hitori mitsume Eien ni kurikaesu higeki kasaneru

Kurai sora ni ikusen no hoshi Konna boku o sotto tsutsunde

Futari mita yume mo ima wa kiete Futari kanjita kaze mo ima de wa kawatte

Konna yoru ni kikoeru melody Afuredashita namida no you na"

Node of Scherzo - Node of Scherzo PV

Caliginous Attitudes

"kawaita egao de (hitori ga suki da.) to

itsutteta kokoro ni kagi kakete

doredake itakatta doredake sabishi katta

doredake naki kuzurete itanda

tsumetai amefuru hirusagari no umi de

tsubuyaku kokoro no kagi hazushi

dakedo sono koe ha nami ni nomi komarete

doko ka he nagasarete shimatta

aa ano toki o tagai ga sunao ninarete itanara

mada futari asayaka ni onaji keshiki ni somatteta?

kanau nara mou ichido maniawa naito shiri nagara

kono koe wo kono koe wo todoketai"

渇いた笑顔で「一人が好きだ。」と

言ってた　心に鍵かけて

どれだけ痛かった　どれだけ淋しかった

どれだけ泣き崩れていたんだ

冷たい雨降る　昼下がりの海で

呟く　心の鍵外し

だけどその声は　波に飲み込まれて

どこかへ流されてしまった

あぁ　あの時　お互いが　素直になれていたなら

まだ二人　鮮やかに　同じ景色に染まってた？

叶うなら　もう一度　間に合わないと知りながら

この声を　この声を　届けたい

あぁ　この目に　しっかりと　君を映し出していたなら

"With a thirsty smile, “I like being alone.”

I’d say, locking up my heart,

It hurt so much, I was so lonely,

I’d break down crying so often,

Cold rain falls, whispering on the early afternoon sea,

I take the lock off my heart,

But that voice was swallowed up by the waves,

swept away somewhere,

Ah, that time if we’d been able to be honest with each other

Would the two of us still be clearly affected by the same scenery?

If it’d come true, one more time, though I know it won’t make it,

I want to send out this voice, this voice,"

~ Daisuke Oshida, "Grieve" - The studs.

Daisuke The Studs

Gullet

Lamiel

Nagoya kei

is often considered darker and more gloomily dismal in mood than other styles. Actually inspired in part by British punk, the fashion focus seems to be less important, but fashion is still utilized to help express the emotions of the artist. There is an overall

basic dark appearance to this melancholy.