New that you mention it, I think pastel goth might have been the bridge people cross into coquette fashion (though, coquette is more feminine centric, similar to lolita fashion) I've also noticed a rise in whimsy goth, which does resemble more of what you'd consider stereotypical goth fashion, just with more colors and generally some naturalistic or fantasy themes. Y'know what I mean?
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Liquid Sky
Was pastel goth eventually "rebranded" as something else or did the style fade away entirely? It was pretty popular in the early to mid 2010's up until 2015 I think, then the style just vanished. If I recall, pastel goth was debated sometimes as not being "real goth" with it being nothing more than a cutesy bastardized version of goths. Kind of reminded me of the whole 'scenes aren't real emos' debacle from years ago. Now I really do think history repeats itself lol. Especially with how "emocore" is looked down upon by some stating it to be a terrible ripoff or misinterpreted representation of emo culture with many things shoehorned in for the modern day person like "sad rap" and other stuff thrown in just for the "vibes".
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