Japanese Gothic Costumes (& other related frillies) Gallery - Page 8

The attention these women get must validate them in some way... it must make them feel special. Or it could just be that they dress this way to be closer to their idols. The uniqueness of a subculture like this is quickly eaten up by the Japanese mass-market mind. A person can look at an EGL in Yoyogi Park and walk across the street to one of the many mall stores and purchase Those dresses & that look from head to toe.

After the riot grrrl movement and grunge became passe, the kinderwhore look died out very quickly soon after.

Kat Bjelland took a leave of absence from music after Babes In Toyland broke up to have her son Henry in 1999. The new mom adopted a new darker shorter hairstyle and less childlike/ slutty attire. Also in 1999, Courtney Love moved into acting. When Love returned to the world of music for Hole's last album "Celebrity Skin", she had dropped her controversial kinderwhore image and adopted a sleeker, more efficient, high fashion look, though controversy remains a mainstay in all others areas of her life.