Japanese Gothic Dresses (& other related frillies) Gallery - Page 4

Gothic Japanese want to emulate the Visual bands that dress in the most feminine costumes. There are male fans of all forms of V-Rock but men do not participate in the Gothic dress-up culture. Male fans are uninterested in looking feminine except for crossdressers & some Manga fans, and it is the women who want to look like their idols in elaborate dresses & costumes.

Courtney Love herself stated that the look was inspired by Christina Amphlett, singer of the 1980's rock group The Divinyls.

Kat Bjelland retorted the 1956 film Baby Doll had inspired her. "Baby Doll", portrayed by actress Carroll Baker, was a luscious blonde, around 20 years old, who laid in a crib-like bed she has long grown out of, wearing baby doll pajamas, while curled up with her thumb in her mouth. Many years later, Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland would continue to argue over who had come up with the idea of the kinderwhore look. Kat claimed that Love had stolen it from her back in San Francisco. The pair's tumultuous on again off again friendship and many similarities, made it difficult to prove either way who came up with it first.