It’s Halloween, So ‘Tis the Season to Don Our Goth Apparel
As someone who was “there” when punk, New Wave, and the noir music labeled “Goth” began to intermingle, I’ve always been curious about what has happened to the sounds and aesthetics that got me taunted in the rock-and-roll cheerleader-ruled halls of my high school. For me, every day is Halloween and few things are sexier than a well-appointed Goth.
Here are 10 of my favorite enigmatic, eerie, macabre, sinister, and quirkily eccentric Goth femme fatales on TikTok. As usual, the ladies are listed in alphabetical order as not to appear biased.
Dark Sirens of the Internet
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Merveystar
Germany via Turkey
369k Followers
When Merveystar removes her vampy Goth makeup, she’s still hot, just way more approachable. Most of the videos on her TikTok account show her giving tutorials on how to replicate her impressively applied cosmetics. Whatever look she attempts, she succeeds. Emily from Corpse Bride. Morticia from Addams Family. Edward from Edward Scissorhands. Black Swan? White Swan? Sad Demon? Dr. Who angel? Bride of Frankenstein? Lily Munster? Vampira? Elvira? Jessica Rabbit? She does them all and, for some delightful schmaltz, Merveystar puts makeup on her elderly family members. I love Merveystar even though she wears patchouli. She also wears large, metal-framed eyeglasses sometimes. So sexy.
@___mervey I love you Victor but you are not mine .. #corpsebride #timburton #cosplay #emilycorpesbride #victor #costume #theotherwoman #halloween #halloween2024 #romanticgoth #goth ♬ original sound - ㅤ
bluexastrid
Astrid
Czech Republic
Makeup, Tattoos, Metal, Fashion
Playlists: Photoshoots (6), Makeup (9), Tattoos (57)
596k Followers
Be still, my barely beating heart! Astrid is gorgeous and naturally pale with striking blue streaks in the long hair on either side of her face. She is wildly talented at creating flash art and then using her magical moving needles to turn it into permanent tattoos. She looks witchy with her pointed hat and long hooded cloak. She looks vampirish with blood on her lips or smeared across her pretty face. She’s an elfin warrior standing in the snow with her tall sword. Tight and elegant dresses that would fit perfectly into a Vincent Price movie showcase her youthful, slim body and its many creative and expertly applied pieces of body art. She’s a side of the Czech Republic I never knew existed. Bonus Points for naming her favorite fashion and makeup companies so other baby bats can know where to shop.
@bluexastrid Delores #doloresbeetlejuicecosplay #dolorescosplay #beetlejuice #beetlejuicecosplay #beetlejuicemakeup #doloresmakeup #beetlejuicemovie #halloweenmakeup ♬ Tragedy - Bee Gees
ebonyzombi
Caprece
Denver, CO
Playlists: Review (2) Acro Chair (1), Body Mods (1), Pole Flow (14), Nailzzz (3), Story Time (1), Hellcat Redeye (10), Skrippa Life (5), Photo Editing (5), DIY (8), Grwm Ootd (76), Makeup Lewks (18), Hair Tingz (22)
25k Followers
Caprece is not your everyday waifish Goth babe. She’s a slim, dark-skinned, and whimsical young Goth who loves loves loves the color pink. And damned if she doesn’t make it work! She swings around her stripper pole, models awesome shoes and boots, wears a lot of cool wigs and hair colors, blows up an inflatable pink chair shaped like a Gummy Bear, shows off her customized sportscar, dispenses wisdom about how to apply dramatic makeup to medium dark skin, get fingernails like daggers, stylishly romp in Goth cosplay, and tame natural Black Goth girl hair. Flirty, adorable, saucy, and fun in a Goth way, I especially like Caprece in her French maid outfit, and her blue fake-fur jacket looks so snuggly. All that and she recommends a cleansing gel for “your downstairs palace.”
@ebonyzombi♬ Daddy AF - Slayyyter
eve_pain
Eve Pain
Berlin
Playlists: Voodoo Puppen (25), Eigenbluttherapie Mit PRF (8), Farbige Looks (19), Diese Kommentare (10 – all broken links), Wohnung (22), Eure Fragen (91), Couple Goals (40), Hairstyles (25), My Wardrobe (209)
774k Followers
Not every stylish Goth lady shops at Hot Topic. Eve Pain is just such a stylish Goth lady. She and her doting husband proudly show off their collection of late 19th-century/early 20th-century shoes and garments. She walks through ancient cemeteries in moody splendor. She is at times severe, always beautiful, and ever in-control when she’s in full makeup and garb. She’s not afraid to show her bare face, though. Less flashy sans makeup, she is still a tattooed bundle of fresh, fun energy. She joyfully shows off her new purchases, which leads me to ask somebody to please give her a box cutter. A female friend or family member who uses a motorized wheelchair visits Eve’s TikTok account several times. It’s unexpectedly touching to see Eve become a nurturing, patient, sweet, London Calling t-shirt-wearing, inked-up elder Goth who loves her guest.
@queenie_black make up is amazing #eldergoth #gothicstyle #gothmom #genx #over50 #vampiresinpolitesociety #redandblackhair #goth #shapeshift ♬ If the Men Find Out We Can Shape Shift - Jasmine | BestieAndTheBookish
Kristianaoneandonly
Just a gothy 34-year-old horror-obsessed dork
Playlists: Décor (9), Stranger Things (3), Clothing (38), Makeup/Hair (17), Singing (8), Cosplays (35), Amy Lee Stuff (19)
67k Followers
Va-Va-Va-Voom! Kristiana is so so so so so sexy when she’s painted to the Goth nines. She totally rocks a shiny black severely tight waist trainer. Her facial expressions are evocative and emotive. When the skin of her face is exposed directly to the air, she looks like the kind of sweet, young, and trusting vegan, oat milk-drinking hitchhiker trying to get to a Rainbow Family gathering and happy to get in the back of your old VW Bus. The 34-year-old horror aficionada models and tutors her theatrical Goth look, respond to stupid questions from pinks about Goth fashion, valid questions from her real fans, and she looks divine in an assortment of elegant Romantic/Victorian outfits while doing it. Also, her man of nine years is easy on the eyes. Just sayin’. Bonus Points for sharing some tender family history and introducing us to her happy white dog.
@kristianaoneandonly
patriciaabsintheofficial
Patricia Absinthe
Goofy, Spooky CA Gremlin
If asking for money/massages, NOT ME
Playlists: Le Smash ere Pass (8), Spooky Stories (2), Whoopsie Doodles (9), Skeleton/Silly Facts (13), Neep Nerp Chronicles (14), Goth Club+ Shenanigans (62), Meme Stuff (5), Reveal Stuff (123), Daily Reminder/FYP (143), My Favorites (269), Dancy/Music Challenge (37), Dad Joke PUNishment (47)
173k Followers
Many Goth babes on TikTok have interesting, sexy, informative accounts. What Patricia does with hers is all of that and more. It’s fun! She’s fun! And she has a really nice rack, which she generously flaunts for our enjoyment. Another multiply tattooed alt cutie, Patricia looks great with a blonde, a brunette, a redhead, or a multi-color dye job. Long, short, wavy, spiky, with bangs, parted in the middle; she looks great no matter what’s going on with her hair, especially when she shimmies like she shimmies in her videos. She poses questions, posits answers, tells adorable dad jokes, gives sage advice, records her patient black kitty’s purrs, shows off his toe beans, and mourns his unexpected voyage over the Shades of Gray Bridge for Goth Pets. RIP Helsing.
@patriciaabsintheofficial who else loves black cats? and asmr kitty purring #gothtok #blackcat #blackcats ♬ original sound - PatriciaAbsinthe
queenie_black
Queenie Black
Gothic artist for decades, eldergoth crone, Shop Link to get my original work.
Playlists: Western/Mountain Goth (23), My Artwork and Goodies (55), Everyday Outfits (3), DIY Décor (22), Dance with Me (28), Learning How to be Single (2), Goth Problems (12)
69k Followers
Eldergoth crone. I’d never heard the term before I visited Queenie’s TikTok account, but now I love it. The experienced gothic artist promotes her compelling paintings, dolls, and illustrations of cats and bats. The woman is a Goddess of Gothness. Her long hair is bright red and black, her home is Goth as hell, she collects Chinese hand fans, and there’s a red velvet lined coffin leaning against the living room wall. Whether the striking recent divorcee is elegant in Victorian parlor garb or as a Goth pioneer walking through wide open fields in the Olde West, she’s all class. Being single is scary but finding a black skirt in a closet full of black skirts is hard.
@queenie_black twas my big 55 last week…(255) life isnt over until its over #genx #eldergoth #goth ♬ You're Dead - Norma Tanega
the_only_vybe_goddess_ki
The Celestial Ki
Ki/Lilith
Celestial Goth, Valien, Free Palestine
Playlists: Lilith (15), WitchTok (3), Resident Valien (8), Captain Jack Sparrow (13), Agent and Mercenary (1), Makeup Tutorials (1), AngelDust (3), Q&A (0)
268k Followers
Ki is one of those women blessed by evolution and genetics with natural beauty and the ability to make herself even more beautiful and boost her wicked sexiness with cosmetics. Whether she has a pair of her eyeglasses on, her vampire teeth in, or a pair of wild contact lenses in, she’s something special. Ki has fine features, flawless mid-tone Black skin, thick dreads, some of the biggest eyes known to man, and the kind of eyelids that drive me wild. The horror film devotee known as Ki also has great taste in jewelry, dances divinely, possesses a pleasing wit, and is so goddamn alluring I forgive her for calling herself a Valien. (Vampire + Alien = Valien.)
@the_only_vybe_goddess_ki POV: I really am a witch ✨ #celestialki #lilith #foryou #thecraft #thecraftmovie #nancydowns #youreawitch #witchtok #fullmoon #fullmoonritual #witchesoftiktok ♬ original sound - sp6okz
whimsymoonwitch
Wednesday
Playlists: Nail Inspo (4), Travel Guide (14), Tattoos (8), Gothic (10), Hearse (5), Tutorials (3), Goth GF Ideas (14), Haul (6), Fashion (59)
169k Followers
Anyone who wonders what the animal Familiar of a witchy queer Goth femme who walks through Salem, MA cemeteries would be, Wednesday has the answer. It’s a cocker spaniel. “If femmes with tattoos are what attract you,” she teases, “then baby, you’re in luck.” Wednesday has not only achieved the quintessential vampy Plan 9 Goth look complete with pencil-thin eyebrows, but she owns a sexy as fuck 1973 Cadillac hearse. She’s photogenic as all get out, covered in black ink tattoos, resplendent in long rich red hair, and somehow able to convincingly pull off both a naïve Pilgrim girl and a painfully self-aware vampire aesthetic. She upsells cosmetics and clothing that come with her recommendation.
@whimsymoonwitch living in a dream ✨ #fyp #foryou #witch #witchtok #trending #whimsigoth #goth #gothic #viral #whimsical #tattoos ♬ оригинальный звук - Anastasia G.
wienerblut
Goth fashion, Model, Photographer, Mua
3150 Followers
Some sylphlike Goth temptresses look good in black and look good in white. Wienerblut, which sounds unromantic to American ears means “Viennese Blood,” is the name of a waltz by Johann Strauss II, and a niche Austrian perfume house. On TikTok, it’s a pale young Goth charmer with long hair that changes from black to white, an assortment of sexy chokers and kinky collars, quality eyes and spot on makeup. The high femme Romantic Goth is a coquette temptress who knows how to wear a corset and look both fragile and resilient. Also, she has a friendly cat.
@wienerblut♬ Gallowdance - Lebanon Hanover