Baby Bat Phase

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Permalink Reply by Felicia on September 6, 2011 at 12:24am

IDK I guess I kinda miss my baby bat days. Sure my ideas of style were slightly skewed but I must say that I was more confident and less self concious in those days. I think my worst fashion statement was red faux leather pants. *cringe* But I wore the hell out of those pants! And those pants made me the more awesome goth chick I am today.

Permalink Reply by Jasmine on September 6, 2011 at 8:19am

When you say more confident and less concious what changed? why are you more concious now?

Felicia said:

IDK I guess I kinda miss my baby bat days. Sure my ideas of style were slightly skewed but I must say that I was more confident and less self concious in those days. I think my worst fashion statement was red faux leather pants. *cringe* But I wore the hell out of those pants! And those pants made me the more awesome goth chick I am today.

Permalink Reply by Felicia on September 7, 2011 at 1:19am

Well when I was a teenager I had more confidence. When I put on an outfit that may have raised some eyebrows I didn't care. I mean I really didn't care because I was happy. But as an adult it's a bit different. You now have to function in society and not everyone takes kindly to the whole goth lifestyle. The other reason is just letting stupid people getting inside my head. Thankfully I'm recovering from these ailments and coming back full force...

Permalink Reply by Rochelle on September 20, 2011 at 5:38pm

Hah, this is interesting. I've always been a really dressy person, so back in my "baby bat" days, I used to wear all of these long, flowing, modified vintage dresses I would almost always try to die black. I wore nothing but black, white, and gray  daily for going on six or seven years. I also wore a lot of fishnets and fetish gear, which I don't do much at all anymore (too many crazy men looking for a domme the wrong way, unfortunately). My skirts were so long that I often had to pick them up when going up stairs, even though I was wearing six inch platform combat boots. It's fair to say that I had more confidence, too, back then, because I had to put up with all sorts of prejudice and being ostracized over my style, but I still found a way to not let those people ruin my good time.

 

As I got older, I modified my look quite a bit. What felicia said about being an adult goth has been pretty much true for me, too. Also, I got 'kinda tired of people mistaking me for a middle schooler, which really sucked for me seeing that I was well past twenty one at the time. I still wear the vintage and handmade clothes a lot, although now, I wear a variety of different colors and patterns. I still listen to a lot of the music I was just getting into back then, although my tastes are a lot broader now than they used to be.

Permalink Reply by Scarecrobot on December 5, 2011 at 12:35am

I don't have the picture to prove it but my Baby Bat phase was pretty terrible...especially when I was trying to get good at making hair falls. I look at what I made and wore THEN to what make & wear NOW and can't help but think, "MAN, THOSE LOOK TERRIBLE! WHY DID I WEAR THOSE!"

 

If it weren't for having a uber christian father, my Baby Bat phase would have been worse (I had to keep it on the DL) and then I probably WOULD have photos of a younger me in dramatic, artsy eye-liner & a mini top hat.

 

But now that I'm older I do it now anyways... The only difference is that the stuff I make and wear look much better now, and instead of dressing up every day, I only do it when I go to an event.

 

From Baby Bat to Big Bat I suppose. X-D

Permalink Reply by Spookycreep on December 15, 2011 at 3:50am

    You describe me as one of the goths of color more active memembers? I don't think so. Granted I had something to get off my chest but I've been reluctant to return to this group because I think I may have gotten on people's nerve with my obsessing_ and you mentioning me after I have been away for a while sort of indicates that. Then again maybe not, I see you posted this in August so it's not that new. Sorry if I plucked any one's nerves.

    I like your pictures but you know what? I really hate those tiny-ass hats.

Permalink Reply by Sigh Sidhe on January 3, 2012 at 12:32pm

when i was starting out, i used to wear this shitty black lace skirt (that i got at a thrift store for like $2) under a blue camo old navy skirt with any random black shirt.. i wore that outfit everywhere, completely convinced this was the best outfit ever thrown together.. it was a hot mess (luckily there's no pics to haunt me.. as far as i know *shiver*)

but, i kinda miss the awful outfits i wore back then.. there was a sence of joy thats not there anymore.. nowadays when i throw an outfit together, i'll like it for a minute or two, but as soon as i leave the house i'm just trying not to feel like i'm not wearing a costume..

i'm just gna stop there cuz if i go any deeper i'm gna fuck my whole day up lol