• Björn@swg-empire.de
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    2 days ago

    Lets engineer a shirt that looks black in the visible spectrum but is white in everything else.

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      1 day ago

      Could probably just take a black shirt and smother it in sunscreen. Apparently, you would want “mineral sunscreen”, which aims to reflect the UV light rather than just absorbing it.

      No guarantees that it’s actually still black afterwards, though. 🙃

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      2 days ago

      You could do that, unfortunately solar irradiance is highest in the visible spectrum.

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    4 days ago

    That’s why I stopped listening to metal. Too hot in the summer.

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    3 days ago

    Even if it’s not about the heat, I want some diversity. Black gets boring at one point, so I get other colours any time I can.

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      2 days ago

      I don’t know. I wear black, pastel black, broken black, dark black and 50 shades of black. Plenty of options.

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      2 days ago

      Agreed!

      For variety, I sometimes switch it up with charcoal, ebony, or obsidian.
      But for special occasions I’ll break out the soulcrusher’s Vantablack.

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    3 days ago

    I have a colleague who’s into metal. Always wears a band shirt, always in black. As you’d expect. Except on VERY rare days where she runs out of those or if it’s indeed just too hot to wear black.

    It’s downright jarring to see her in anything except black. Looks like a completely different person.

    I do imagine it’s nice to be a female metal fan. Never have to worry about what to wear or what colors to match 😂

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      2 days ago

      I know a woman who went goth specifically for that reason. And it’s why I stick to a lot of black in my clothes and cosmetics. Black lipstick goes with everything

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      3 days ago

      There was a brief era in the 2000’s where bands from pop-punk to metal-core released super bright coloured shirts (like fluro-bright) with over the top cartoon artwork, it was a nice change.

      Also you can get pink metal shorts/jumpers that go pretty hard (i have only seen these worn by men though)

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        3 days ago

        That must’ve been quite a shock for the average metalhead, fluorescent shirts :D

        As a guy who loves bright rainbow shit, I certainly would be the weirdo opting for pink over black.

        Funny enough the colleague I mentioned supposedly has a fully pastel pink decorated house. Metal on the outside, Barbie on the inside! I sure do love the dichotomy.

    • Olap@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Preach, I quit black metal t shirts ten years ago and haven’t looked back. Unless of course there is no other option, or the colour is particularly crap

  • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    You can thank Rob Halford for popularizing the Gay Leather Daddy aesthetic among straight metalheads who didn’t know any better.

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    4 days ago

    Is it weird that I just thought about white goth aesthetic as a parallel to those all white PC builds? I don’t think I’ve seen ‘white goth theme’ done before and am kinda curious if it would look good.

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      You’re close. Not ‘white goth’…

      Pastel Goth:

      Arguably many variants of the older, harajuku gothic lolita style can/have also been done in primarily white or lighter colors.

      This is a more modern dress and pic, but I think you could find examples of similar going back to at least the 90s:

      … there’s also now… clown core, and clown goth, but … just no, nope, you’re gonna have to personally choose to look for that, I’m not just gonna force you to see it.

      EDIT:

      I suppose if we carry forward trends in PC case styling… to fashion… well, we would somehow have to end up with dresses or suits with wood grain pattern elements or accents.

      … Not sure if that exists yet.

      Can you make a ruffled fringe out of wood, lol?

      Or like, wood grain patterned corset, you know, the trunk?

      Leaf ears instead of cat ears?

      Bonsai Core? Bonsai Goth?

      Ok, pretty sure I’m delerious, time for bed now.

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      It has been done, sometimes with additional flavors (Victorian inspired, visual-kei inspired…). Google: “White Goth”. Also “White Goth WGT” to see outfits people have worn during the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

      There’s also a pop music aesthetic called ‘bubble goth’ or ‘bubblegum goth’, as exemplified in Army of Love music video by Kerli.

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    3 days ago

    I had a dope-ass cream colored shirt from my favorite band, Caligula’s Horse. Was devastated when it got destroyed. Now back to all black stuff…