What is your style of Gothic jewellery?

So you like a bit of darkness and you’re looking for jewellery styling ideas for every occasion? I have some suggestions!

I’ve been getting called Goth since I was a teenager just because of my predominantly black wardrobe. Back then it irked me because I thought I was a cool metal kid and if someone had handed me crushed velvet I would have set fire to it. Of course I grew up in small town Tasmania where anyone mildly alternative would have been labelled either Goth or Hippy (depending on your colour quotient). I’m older and wiser now, living in the eminently more accepting Melbourne / Naarm, and I’ve come to embrace Gothic because it’s an umbrella term which encompasses so many wonderful things. Personally the Gothic aesthetic that tickles me is Medieval, especially in regards to jewellery. Give me soaring pointy towers, gargoyles, stone, stained glass windows and tracery and I’m set! My jewellery does tend to reflect this but also draws inspiration from some of the many other facets of Gothic culture like pretty filigree from Victorian, bold shapes from Industrial, symbols from Traditional, a little death and mayhem from Metal, a touch of poetry from the Romantics and occasionally some sensuality from Fetish.

With these tools in my belt I’ve compiled some dark accessory collections for inspiration and whatever your mood may be.