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[BadCandy]

I wear 5+inch platforms with inner steel springs when i'm performing, nice calf high boots by NEWROCK. I totally reccomend them for more goth industrial type looks, theyre soo comfy.

[kittyasauras]

Oh wow, 6'3"! You are a foot taller than me. haha

I suppose Americans really are short. I think about 5'5" is average here, what is the normal height in your country Evelien?

[Evelien]

I think 5'8" is average here . So yeah, being 6'3" I'm considered really tall even here. I'm taller than most men. Fortunately, my boyfriend is about 2 inches taller than me. My first boyfriend was 5'7". I do not recommend such a big difference in height

[magkelly]

My dress sense runs the gamut. One day I'll be wearing something that looks almost Victorian, the next I'm in a tie-dye shirt and jeans, a day later I'm in a 50's sweater set, tweed skirt and pearls. I've got suits in my closet that evoke Coco Chanel and dresses that would not look out of place on the Titanic. Punk Gothic Lolita is a look I used to do long before it became a thing but I gave it up when I hit a certain age. That look kind of stops working when you're old enough to have a teenager, laugh. I'm liking a lot of the new Steampunk fashions I see. I think they're fun and they tend to suit me. But I don't like to peg myself or my wardrobe really. I wear what I am in the mood to wear. If I want to look like someone's mourning maiden aunt circa 1890 I do. If I want to look like a model for vintage Dior I do. If I want to look like a hippie from Berkeley circa 1967 I do. I do get funny looks sometimes but I think most people tend to get that I just like to play with my clothes.

Yesterday I was at my photo club meeting and I had a hard time getting them not to photograph me actually. I was in a lime green long sleeved t-shirt and a black mod jumper. I wore that with green and black striped tights, long black lace up boots and some 60's style mod green and black glass jewelry I'd made. FYI, I have pale skin, red hair and green eyes. I was wearing plastic frames glasses that combine green, purple and aqua. One guy told me I looked like a Twiggy if she came from Oz. I laughed because Twiggy in shape I am not but I got what he meant. I looked 60's Mod in a fairy tale sort of way. My BFF was there with me. One look she just shook her head. Told me maybe one woman in a million my age could have pulled that look off without looking absurd. But that's who I am and my clothes do suit me. I know what looks good on me. How far I can go before funky and fashionable becomes an over the top stage costume.

I absolutely refuse to end up dressing like an average soccer Mom just because I am not 20 anymore though. I won't cut and perm my hair. I won't stop wearing bright colors or goth colors, both or neither if I feel like it. I'm an artist. My clothes are just one more canvas I get to paint on every day. I tend to leave the Lolita look for the dolls though. They can still pull it off, lol. I'm just way too womanly to wear something like that. Me back at 16? Yeah. But not now.