Greetings my dear Gothlings!
As many of you know, I spend the better part of the week helping my family at their French restaurant, in the Theater district, and thus I am forced to be surrounded by very mundane beings, and therefore I witness a lot, and I mean A LOT, of stupidity, strange behavior, and all around bad manners. If I typed out the majority of what I have to endure on a nightly basis, this blog would wrap around the Earth at least twice. No, for this entry I would like to rant about one particular and troubling trend within Day-Crawler fashion.
Now, you’re probably saying to yourself, “Sir William, we know that Day-Crawlers have a crappy and mundane sense of fashion compared to us…why rant about it?” True, but hear me out. Not only does Day-Crawler fashion have way too much pink (Pink pastel dress shirts for men?!? I mean, C’MON!!!), pastels, and (*shiver*) plaid to speak of…my peeve is with (no shock here) male hipsters and yuppies.
In my family’s restaurant, or other restaurants, out in the streets, in neighborhood bars, at the movies, and even at the Theater, I’ve noticed that while girls and women take pride and precious time to choose a sexy outfit, do their hair, apply make-up, etc., etc., the males of the Day-Crawling species basically look as though they fell off a beach or just got back from doing laundry! I’m not just talking the staple uniform of khakis, a light blue shirt, and required baseball cap…no, I’m talking about a dirty tee shirt, shorts, and flip-fucking-flops!!!
Now, I realize that it is summertime, and a very muggy one at that, but if I can wear all black clothing, even layered with a vest in the summer sun, these unclassy idiots can make half the effort to at least wear a pair of light pants and a dress shirt when out on a date or with their significant others! Moreover, what is the deal with wearing those ugly brown loafers without socks?!?! EWWWWW!!!! sweaty Day-Crawler feet…urp…I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Do you imagine waht it would be like if it were reversed? You have this guy in a typical Day-Crawling suit and his date is wearing is wearing sweatpants, a baggy tee-shirt, and flip-flops, wearing no make-up and looks as though she combed her hair with the alarm clock? This scenario just gave me a flashback of my ex-fiance (waves fist angrily in the air). However, I do lay some of the blame with the females as well. They need to be a bit more choosy and set their standards a bit higher when dating…just because movies like American Pie, Knocked-up, Funny People, etc. made it “cool” to be a slob, it doesn’t mean that that’s what they should settle for. I’m soooooo grateful that the Goth culture is more female dominated in this aspect.
The bottom line is this: Day-Crawlers (some…not all…duh) have no respect for themselves, those they say that they love, or even simple commonplace class. I’m not saying that everyone on this tawdry planet should be like us Goths (a nice thought, though) and dress to the nines everyday, but some decorum, sense of style, and the slightest bit of casual neatness will be very much appreciated. This is why starting in September I am going to start enforcing a stricter (yet not completely formal) dress code at my family’s restaurant. No shorts, no sneakers, no tee-shirts…you get the idea. It may not be much, but I have to start somewhere.
And that is why I simply adore being part of the Goth Culture…we actually take pride in what, and how, we wear on a day to day basis…it is who we are.
See you in the Dark!
Sir William Welles
