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Round 1, Match 68 — Anglo Gothic vs. Dark Girly and Sweet Girly

Anglo Gothic is an aesthetic based on the atmosphere of dingy suburban English areas with an emphasis on overcast skies, drizzling rain, council estates, grime, the colour blue, and melancholy. Works that fall under this category tend to explore the themes of class, industrialism, and feature English staples such as cheap tea and biscuits. Other common themes are the hardships of labour occupations such as coal or steel mining and factory work that are common among those in the working class in England. A lot of Anglo Gothic media is influenced by the boom in council estates being built in the 1960s in England, hence a lot of imagery being evocative of that time. Anglo-gothic envisions run down British suburbs (which mainly have terraced homes that are falling apart or shoddily built apartment buildings). Some other aspects are broken cars from the '90s and early '00s and cloudy or rainy days. Much of this aesthetic can be seen in the early British Goth and Post-Punk scenes, many of whom chose to romanticize their industrialized surroundings and embrace the darkness it entailed. Later, some 90s Britpop went in the same direction (although it wasn’t common).

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Dark and Sweet Girly Kei is defined by an ultra-feminine, girly style that utilizes intricate trims and kawaii garments, but contrasted with sexier short skirts with tall socks, sad and sometimes eerie makeup, and details originating from edgier subcultures. The style is most often called "Jirai Kei," a phrase describing a subculture of mentally ill people in Japan who take on specific activities as coping mechanisms and are recognized by their "pien" makeup. However, that subculture wears numerous styles, and this page is separate from the Jirai Kei page to make room to describe all styles at length. This style also can be worn without associating with the Jirai Kei subculture, and people who do not want to describe their style as that use the label "dark girly" or "sweet girly" instead, including by those in Japan. Alternatively, "fashion Jirai" or "wearing Jirai Kei" is also popular. The labels "dark girly" and "sweet girly" exist in one page, as these two styles overlap, with only the accessories and garment color being the determiner of "sweet" versus "dark," and these two styles more often than not coexist in one wardrobe.

Which aesthetic do you prefer?

Anglo Gothic

Dark Girly and Sweet Girly

Voting ended onMay 19