Black and Red: Color of the Vampire

Gothic victorian clothing in black and red always remind me of the blood and gothic symbols in vampire stories, especially the lastest vampire TV show Vampire Diaries. The story was set in the colonial period of America so a lot of the costumes are made according to the victorian style and other vampire features. Victorian style dressing could always bring us a sense of noble and big family just like Katherine in Vampire Diaries.

She is demonstrated as a rich girl who has been transformed into a vampire. She is evil and crazy but on the other hand charming. Her clothing were generally made in black and red color under the victorian style. That is almost a typical image belonging to her.

Black and Red Bow Gothic Victorian Dress

The black shows the dark side of the vampire while the red symbolizes the charming but dangerous nature of the female vampire.

Gothic Victorian, Modern Adaption and Wistful Nostalgia

For fans of good old days, victorian era is a symbol of wisdom and temperance. For rebellious people, victorian age is like a hell full of shackles and confinement. However, maybe neither of the interpretations were not so true. The real history was only known by people who live in that age of changes. What could be known is that influenced by the era, victorian fashion varied from time to time. At the last decade of the victorian age, women’s dresses has apparent features as being conservative, exquisite as well as quite of that age.

 Gothic culture has always been mysterious and nostalgic with a sense of mystery, secrecy and melancholy. As a matter of fact, victorian clothing has nothing to do with gothic genre for a very long period of time.

Gorgeous Red and Black Double-Layered Gothic Victorian Dress

However, the modern design of the combination of these two styles gave birth to a brand new style: Gothic Victorian, a style sparling with the merits of both the two styles.

Classic Patterns in Gothic Victorian Dresses

Gothic elements are always seen in the clothing style such like gothic punk clothing style, gothic medieval clothing style, the gothic victorian clothing style and so on. It is so welcomed by people and designers for that its uniqueness and being outstanding. In gothic victorian style dresses, the gothic aspect has played an important role in its patterns. And in the following part I will focus on the classic patterns of gothic victorian dresses.

Honorable Red Lace and Bow Gothic Victorian Dress

Black and White Cap Sleeves Gothic Victorian Dress

First of all for the sleeves part, there are mainly four types: long trumpet sleeves, short sleeves, cape sleeves and sleeveless design. Additional black lace accents adorned on the dress add gothic tones. Secondly, in most cases the square neckline is mostly applied into gothic victorian style dresses. And besides the tunrdown collar and round collar are used less than the square one. Thirdly, the women in the victorian age placed great emphasis on the waist. And this design is also applied into the dresses in nowadays. But it changes to be not too tight and only show a fitted waist figure. The most prominent feature is the ball gown design which reveals the classic victorian style.
What I mentioned before are some patterns the gothic victorian dresses would apply. Of course there are some other patterns, but theses are most classic. If you are new to this style, you can choose dresses with these patterns.