How To Spot A Goth

Uniform: Anything black, with big black boots. Velvet and fishnets are popular.

Hair: Black, maybe a purple or red streak.

Jewellery: Any kind of facial piercing, particularly nose, lip and tongue, anything silver and black, pentacles, studded dog-collars

Make-up: Pale face, lots of black eyeliner, blood-red or black lipstick, black nailpolish

Drives: Takes public transport

Listens To: The Cure, The Smiths, Morrisey, Marilyn Manson

Natural Habitat: the steps of Flinders St Station and nightclubs like The Abyss and The Proscenium

Other Distinguishing Features: I don't like to stare

Idols: Robert Smith, Morticia Addams