Is your doll... Gothic or Preppy?

Most of my dolls are more peppy than gothic, but my newest girl fits the gothic label because she's a ghost.
Can you tell which one she it? xD

 

Mine is currently, I wouldn't say preppy... but yeah... even though she is supposed to look completely different

 

Ooh, this seems like a fun game! Most of my dolls might be seen as fitting in the "Gothic" genre, but that's just because I'm a lazy bum and never complete any of their outfits anymore.
If I was a good owner and actually took the time to attempt sewing anything decent for them, their style would be more like if Final Fantasy XII had a baby with Silent Hill's monsters. DX
My only BJD girl is more into Cyberpunk though; but she's the ideal of Japanese/anime's vision of cyberpunk as opposed to Western-ravers concept of "cyberpunk," aesthetically speaking, at least.







This last one is a cosplay of MGS's Psycho Mantis, but I think the style would work well with any of my dolls, even my cyberpunk girly up there.

 

This is so fun to consider

Remmy is definitely on the preppy side:



Henry (the blonde) and Rabbit (white hair) are more on the gothic side, and Gordon is probably punk/gothic
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Gossie also

Harold and Verne (it won’t share my photo for him...) are both gothic and preppy lol


I apologize for my pic spamming haha

 

These two go toward gothic rather than preppy.
BB and Pathfinder dollakon by SteamWitch, on Flickr

 

Awww I won’t lol but thank you! He thanks you also!

 

Preppy is a very American-centric term, as far as I can figure, and (not being American) I'm not really sure I really understand what it means...

One of my dolls leans towards Goth, but specifically if the concept of Goth had existed in the Victorian era:
Phige (RML R20J/CustomHouse) in her purple suit by guyelfkin, on Flickr

The rest are just kids. Mostly the SD sized crew would look right at home in a Victorian or Edwarian nursery (the "goth" girl is one of the cousins in that family), a couple are 1920's girls, the Slim-Minis and In-Betweenies are generic modernish kids (except one is a hippie), the Mini's are largely Victorian, the Tinies have both vintage and modern style wardrobes suitable for pre-schoolers, the Teenie-Tines and Pukis are mostly otherworldy beings who dress however they like, and Daisy Bacon (the biggest, being a Lusion) is very firmly Victorian (although she'll have a Viking costume at some point since she has a scale copy of a Viking chair... but then again, most of the others have some sort of other-period costumes to play dressup in too).

I should also point out that the majority of my dolls are children under the age of 13, with a few exceptions (the "Goth" girl is 14, the eldest girl in that family is 18, the hippy slim-mini girl is unspecified late teens/early 20's - the "eldset" of all my BJDs - and the other slim minis are generically teens of unspecified age, and of a style best described as average, verging on "girlie-glam" in one case, althoughshe's currently playing dress-up in a Medieval gown for reasons known only to herself, while the hippie is looking unusually glam in a sequinned red silk evening gown and heels)

Teddy

 

My dolls have very different styles that reflect their own role

She's on the gothic side...


But she not...

 

I do have one little resin goth-boy over here... but so far no serious preppies.

I may have to get Ptolemaeus to cosplay a prep for Halloween this year.

 

Preppy. All of them, save maybe one, prefer pastels and such, and even the one that does isn't very gothic.

Here's Elliot:

 

Thorn is definitely a Goth. I mean, he's a black-clad assassin demon. How could he not be?

Moonlight by bickaberry, on Flickr

 

He can be both

 

Gothic, I hope)

 

Oh, dear -- a friend of mine once walked into my house and asked, "Why are ALL your dolls preppy?" I don't think every single one of them is, but Pen definitely fits that category.

 

Well, I guess it would depend on which doll I was talking about. I have mostly rock stars, but a couple of them would qualify as Goth.

Manfred is definitely not only Goth, but a German Goth to boot!


Manfred in regular clothes 1 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr


Tielo, is also a German Goth. But then again, he's a vampire. And yes, that's Manfred wearing the pikachu kigurumi. Hey, it was Halloween.


Tielo and Manfred Halloween IKEA Meetup 2019 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr


Orrell, is somewhat Gothic, but being British, I'm not sure if there's a such thing over in England.


Orrie being spunky by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr


Bettie Page (yes, that Bettie Page), being "the Queen of Pinups" is a sex pot, plain and simple.


Bettie Mae Page and chopsticks by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr


Tohma is a rock star, but also a businessman, so I suppose he's more a preppy-type.


Seguchi Tohma, Dream of Doll Dream of Idol Luke by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr


Adrastos is a genius, but also a professor, so he's definitely a preppy-type.


Adrastos relaxing by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr


Shuichi is also a rock star, but he has his own style.


Shuichi, lead singer of Bad Luck ('Gravitation&#x27 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr


I have more BJDs (17 in total so far), but after being out of the hobby for a while, I need to take updated pics on everyone else.


Ryu

 

Well, if you ever decide to watch the series Gravitation, you would know that Tohma is always a sharp dresser!

And I promise, I won't tell the others!

I'm going to try and take updated pics of more of my Crew soon, so expect them to show up on this thread!

Ryu

 

She doesn't look it now, but my girl is ethereal/gothic ^^

(Have no pictures to show)

 

Awwww, that's too bad, @MoonLight Wolf. I take it you don't have a camera on your phone?

I have added a few new members to my Crew, as well as showing some more of my older ones.

Hraban is a definite 1980s Goth. He even has a Siouxsie and the Banshees-style hairdo to prove it.


20200510_023105 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Edgar Poe Allan is Goth, of course. He's a bat.


20200513_010254 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Ichi-chan is a prep. But then again, he's only five years old.


Ichi-chan got a few Yule presents early by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Alucard is definitely a Goth, since he's the original vampire.


Alucard from Hellsing by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Twyla is pretty preppy, when she's not wearing her 1950s-style dresses.


2020-03-15_12-37-19 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Chiyoko is a Gothic Lolita.


20200630_183902 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Ritsuka and Soubi (on borrowed bodies) are preppy.


Ritsuka and Soubi 1 by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

I have more dolls, (21 full bodies, with two more on the way), but I'll show them in a different post.

Ryu

 

I do but it comes out looking really fuzzy :/ she also doesn't currently have any outfits XD But that will be her aesthetic

 

Honestly, a fuzzy pic is better than none! Can you see what she's wearing in it?

Ryu

 

You can! I'll take a photo tomorrow and reply with it! You helped build up my photo self confidence

 

If I have to pick, then I give you The Dread Vampire Kyle, ok so his name is not as Goth as his soul.

Kyle is both my nerdiest, and Gothest character/doll. (Also his shirt says "Eat Me" there is a running joke of monsters trying to eat or bite this poor boy that dates back to his turning.)

In my hoard/collection I got both Gothic styled dolls and preppy styled dolls though. Heck Nigel one of my newest boys, is technically both. I am waiting for a clothing order that is in shipping so I can finish his default look, which will be a school uniform in dark colors to add to his Gothic yet in prep-school look.

 

SWEET! I can't wait to see them!

What a great name, @Tippetarius! And to add to that, Kyle being food.... I can't wait to see Nigel, I bet he looks cool.

Ryu

 

Thank you!

I made Hraban's pants, it was a bit tough lining up the stripes, but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. Twyla's top was one I bought from Iplehouse years ago. I really like it!

Ryu

 

One of each, half sisters:

 

Preppy with just a little edge. She might go Goth when she is a teenager.

 

opps

 

I've got both! Autumn is my goth girlie and Brooke is my preppy, Barbiecore gal

PXL_20240106_193016221.PORTRAIT by Scrunch, on Flickr

 

Thank you!!! They're two of my favorite girls!

 

Lucy is definitely a goth! She's more of the romantic and Victorian kind of goth, but sometimes, she is a little bit of a deathrock goth. Out of all of my dolls, she is the only goth. I wouldn't say any of the others are preppy.

 

I've got a few goth dolls
And trying for most of them to be gothic/whimsigoth

 

Well... He's currently naked but he will be goth when I'm done with him I love seeing everyone's outfits! Where do you guys buy your goth clothes from??

 

Michi is preppy... but I do think she could wear gothic lolita for instance.

Billie is certainly gothic.

Nuoyi def has a preppy side... but she also wears a lot of other casual styles so it's hard to pin down!

Asa can do both (goth; prep)

Vickie is her own secret third thing?