How to Be a Goth: Notes on Undead Style - Hardcover

by Tish Weinstock (Author)

'A celebration of darkness' Anjelica Huston

'There's a bit of goth in us all' Kate Moss

Amidst the waking nightmares of our present day, the solace of goth looms to soothe our morbid anxieties.

Permeating pop culture at every juncture - fashion, art, music, film, beauty - what was once shrouded in mystery has now slipped into the mainstream.

Attempting to make sense of all the madness, this grimoire serves as a manual for the modern goth, as they navigate the pentagram of life. Held within its pages are an inventory of undead icons throughout the ages, from Wednesday Addams to Siouxsie Sioux, as well as style and beauty advice for each stage of a goth's life. Plus, notes on what films to watch, music to wallow to and books to take with you to the grave.

To illuminate the darkness further, we hear from notable goths and goth-coded individuals such as Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Michèle Lamy, Amelia Gray and more on what this eldritch culture means to them.

Welcome to the season of the witch.

Author Biography

Tish Weinstock is a London based writer and editor specialising in beauty and its intersection with fashion and pop culture. Graduating from Oxford University in 2012 with a degree in History of Art, she has worked at style bibles i-D, Dazed & Confused, and British Vogue, where she remains a contributing beauty editor. In 2022, she joined System Magazine as beauty director to launch its sister title System Beauty. Other obsessions include vintage dresses, Morticia Addams, interiors porn and her children - not necessarily in that order.