Rose McGowan

Did you know that gothic fashion came about as a retaliation to the punk culture? Rose McGowan is known as one of the celebrities who have a gothic taste in fashion. Though she is not always in gothic clothes and accessories, she is probably linked to that image because of her role in the TV series Charmed. Today, one can notice that gothic and punk share some of the same tastes and needs in so many ways. The music during the gothic stage can be described as morbid, gloomy and melancholic. A lot of people are impressed and mesmerized with the new Gothic culture, and adored, if not idolized, the vampire image.

It is very difficult to give the exact date when the Gothic culture came to life. Rose McGowan?s fashion is such a small aspect when we look at the bigger picture. During the latter part of the seventies, there are a lot of new groups that came off as somewhat dark, like Banshees, The cure, The damned, Ultravox, etc.

In the UK, the very first fashion Gothic label that became highly popular, which was the UK Decay. Their style showed different images of vampires and deaths, and became the typical stereotypes which had its origins from horror magazines.

It was not only in England where the dark wave was being accepted widely. There are also some American bands who became famous for their dark side such as Faith and the muse, and London after midnight. A lot of these industrial music, which was a combination of lots of layers of sound, was created to be suitable to be heard with headphones.

Because of all these genres of music, the Gothic fashion started to flourish. It became more accepted by the larger community. And it also evolved into subcategories such as Emo (emotional) subcultures, and would not back down from the punk culture of the world.

Today, Rose McGowan walks on the red carpet in gothic fashion that has been crossed with more trendy mainstream fashion pieces, making her look more stylish than ever.