Ever look at the goth kids and school and then secretly wonder if your own style is, well, blah? There’s a reason for that. “You’re running around in blue jeans, and they’re wearing poetry, decadence and dark romanticism,” says Dr. Valerie Steele, curator of “Gothic: Dark Glamour,” an exhibition that recently opened at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. More than just a look in which to rage against the system, goth culture has an element of dark romanticism associated with the poets and rebels who celebrate the dark side through art and literature. Think Edgar Allen Poe and Bram Stoker, author of “Dracula.” “Gothic: Dark Glamour” examines how the themes of death and mourning (where gothic fashion is said to have originated) have influenced contemporary designers, therefore affecting everyday fashion. It features...
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