† Gothyca Unlimited †

I'm baack! :)

2009-02-18T19:55:00.002+01:00

So, after a long, loooong period of time I'm back to show you what have I been doing these past few months. After I finished taking all those exams (& I failed them all, I cannot believe my self!), I started working on several projects I was dieing to get my hands on!
So, since it was a pretty delicate job, I decided to engage a model to show of my jewelry! My very good friend Mandragora had the honor and now all that we are waiting for is a bit of sunlight to make a shoot out in the open. That is the reason I'm not posting any photos right now....

Stay tuned...

Don't be....

2008-09-16T01:14:00.002+02:00

Retro Goth

2008-09-12T13:48:00.001+02:00

@ Polyvore.Com

Some fashion

2008-09-07T18:49:00.001+02:00

Polyvore style!

Comment as much as you want!

Update :)

2008-08-23T20:51:00.003+02:00

So, I've already introduced you to Max, a little puppy I saved from a certain death out on the streets of Skopje. It's been almost a week or so since he's been with me and he's such a little angel, like a true baby :)

Anyway, it was time to pay a visit to the good ol' doc! We have one just in the neighborhood and he turned out to be a colleague of my mom back in the days, when she used to work for the military. These were the information we got:

Weight: 1kg 350 grams
Age: approx. 40 days (this means Max's B-Day is 14.07.2008....yeeey!)
Health condition: Few heart worms, a little skin condition, can work them out with some antibiotics, heart worm cure and a good medical shampoo for pets :)

Next step: Vaccination in approx. 15 days

This all mean that finally, this little four legged mammal is ALL MINE!

And there are some other good news: I didnt mention this before, but my dad wasn't very happy with the fact that I brought an animal in the house, not to mention a baby, and he thought that I will not give him the proper TLC he deserves. Well guess what: I've been getting up at 5 a.m. for the past week, giving the puppy his first meal and playing with him to sleep. He's much better now and we're starting to even plan he's meals... I want him to grow up a healthy & pretty dog one day, not just a MUTT.

& my dad is happy to have Max around :)

NOTE: Photos of Max + people coming soon :)

Nothing to do with the theme, but...

2008-08-17T18:25:00.005+02:00

I recently got me a pet! It's a 2 months old cross of god-knows-what puppy ... it's a BOY!

And no, I will not circumcise him, I'll just let him grow up to be a true male ;)

In the meantime, he's a true cry baby haha

Introducing Max (ironically, it is as small as the palm of my hand :D)

P.S.: He's a little shy in front of the camera, but only for now! I'll make him a true star by the time he turns 6 months! muahahahahahahaaaaaaa

Some of my work :)

2008-06-04T22:10:00.005+02:00

Finally! Something of my own to show off with... haha...
Anyways, I've been pretty bored this past month or so, so I decided to use my "powers" for good and make something creative. And what did I do? I designed some fresh pieces of jewelry - for me, but also for another soul in desperate need of some fashionable, yet unique piece of accessory! These pieces ARE for sale, so if you are interested in buying, post a comment & leave a contact address or something & I'll get with you right away!

Feast your eyes...

The Secret Nobility: GOTHS

2008-04-25T16:08:00.003+02:00

I ran into this article on a Finnish web site about the Gothic culture and it's origins. It was written by a fellow VF, also called Marina (yeeey!) and I have the honor of reposting her work here. Hope I'll have get the same treatment later on
NOTE: The entire post is a link to the original page!
P.S.: Marina is on the picture below, with the striped dress! :*

The secret nobility: GOTHS

Marina, Julia, Ilari, Riitta and Molla: unique in their own styles and not at all bound by one single color or title.

Nobody really knows what gothic is, but certainly no one wants to bare a label: what species of Goth is it, what does it eat, how should it be stored after opening and what about washing instructions? Do remember to tumble dry with care – this is very fragile material after all.

THE GOTHS were a Germanic tribe in the fifth century, but back then they had greater worries than how to save up enough money for the annual trip to Wave Gotik Treffen in Germany or which hair dye stains are easiest to wash off your dog after colouring your mohawk. Evolution also brought us gothic architecture (the Cologne Dome), gothic literature (Edgar Allan Poe) and inevitably, gothic illiteracy (the narrow-minded sort of people who blame Goths for all deadly sins, except perhaps the dismantling of the USSR).

Mother of Goth!
Traditionally the Goth subculture originates from British punk of the 1980s, thus music is an inseparable part of the Goth identity. Most English bands from that decade give a good taste of what is known as old-school Goth, so it has almost nothing to do with Nightwish or the entire fan base of HIM. Legend has it that as the original Brit-punk wave faded, the depressed rebels turned to gloomier shades, paler skin and melancholic poetry, but not without an attitude. As the decades passed, the originally underground culture crawled from the Kingdom’s outskirts over to the continent and further, growing more branches of music styles and clothing designs and also unavoidably dragging along shallower name-calling from society.

Julia Sheremetyeva, a Karelian photographer, speaks for most people: “Goth is a limiting term for the people who address you as such, not for yourself. No one in fact knows what Goth really is.” Sannie van der Horst, a Dutch corset seamstress, supports this opinion. “When you call someone Goth, your meaning is not clear.”

Still, the reaction to the sound of that word is not without a skip of a heartbeat. Irish Neurion Denver admits to take “great pride in being called a Goth. People say it like an insult but I take it as a complement.”

Carrying the label
This subculture has evolved so much that if a Goth from 1983 met one of 2008, they’d call each other ‘silly posers’ and wouldn’t even discuss Hussey’s latest gig. Gothic music as such does not exist, although many bands are stubbornly categorised as such. Perhaps an artist’s image can be darkly inspired and there’ll be a couple of bats in the lyrics, but generally there is no one gothic artist. However, some are accused of motivating gothic musicians: Tim Burton’s films, Viona Ielegems’ photography, Rozz Williams’s songs and Anna-Varney Cantodea’s struggle. It’s impossible not to mention Marilyn Manson, who is blamed every time some sick Jimmy-the-Goth stirs up a fight in class: Manson is the spokesman for all Gothic scapegoats out there. Heavy metal is of no relevance here either, nor are Emos, Nazis, JRock Lolitas or devotees of low-sugar fruitarian diets. Finland’s own “destroyer of taboos” Sofi Oksanen raised the same issue of belonging socially in her famous book Stalin’s Cows, as she unveiled the matter of identities.

Good Goth
The scene has diversified a lot, but a Goth is still imagined as a suicidal kid in black. Many blindly accuse them for generating violence, but Goths have all the freedom to peacefully express themselves. Angry emotions are relieved through harsh dancing to EBM (Electro Body Music), unfortunate romance through an intricate Victorian dress.

One famous American under the pseudonym Voltaire, a musician with a healthy share of black sarcasm, pointed out in his book What is Goth?, that “people who go out of their way to call attention to themselves through their appearances have little to hide.” Goths can wear German uniforms of the 1940s, remaining completely apolitical and free of any racial intolerance.

Ilari is an 18-year-old Finn: “I always try to be as polite as possible, since I represent both myself and the scene. Politeness is really cool, but arrogance isn’t. If tourists are polite enough to ask for a photograph of me, I usually let them, but if someone does it behind my back, I kindly ask them to delete it.”

Unlike other social groups where alcohol and stronger substances are frequent, the Goth scene is much cleaner. Having reached this point in life when Goth becomes a lifestyle, most are well-read, hold university degrees, permanent jobs and aspire to constant self-development. If someone takes aristocratic nobility as a role model, it inevitably leaves a trace.

Inspiration unstoppable
What unites a pinup dolly, a cyber mermaid, a spider-webbed cutie, a Victorian lady and an industrial rivet-head? Fascination of the uncommon and the out-of-this-world unique. A Goth is someone who is free-minded, artistic and open to experiments. Aesthetics are high because beauty is found in everything in all its detail and variety: darkness and light, good and evil, all that exists triggers creativity. Ielegems always says that “Beauty is easy to find anywhere, what’s difficult is to frame it.”

Voltaire seems to have found the essence of the subculture: “Goth is whatever you want it to be.” Once a revelation strikes that self-expression is unlimited, you look at the world with acceptance and curiosity: then labels evaporate automatically.

“I’m Julia, friends call me Puppy, Goths say I’m a deathrocker… Call me what you want, but I know who I am, and I just don’t take it to heart,” says Sheremetyeva. Van der Horst agrees: “If you can’t laugh at yourself, there’s no point in life.”

Everyday is a dress-up day!
Many wait for an occasion to wear a dream dress, whilst Goths emerge in their fantasy world and have a sharp dress sense regardless of the occasion. Riitta, the owner of the Morticia chain, confirms the axiom: “The girl with the corset always wins!” Appearances matter and Goths, free from vanity, display this fact.

Molla Mills is a Finnish designer with a distinctive pin-up image: “I love to look different! It’s important to me what others think about my style. I want to be very vintage, but I can find many traces from my past in my look: punk, gothic and Terylene era.”

Preparing an outfit or getting ready for a party is a lengthy, but very enjoyable process, often more exciting than the end result. The look reflects a carrier’s dedication to the lifestyle, although understandably there are boundaries. Brit Darren Powell says that he has to “dress down a bit for work but on the whole I am able to do much of my vampire business during office quiet times.”
Mills, who runs her own online boutique, comments that “today vintage style is difficult to keep up with; a woman is not feminine anymore. Dressing up means playing a certain role, and you can change roles with your appearance.”

Van der Horst describes the gothic scene as “a place to see, but also to be seen. Maybe it is a contradiction in itself: open and closed at the same time.” In any case, you will never be overlooked; just don’t wear any HIM merchandise.

Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” is practically a hymn
The Cure is an already classic rock band from England
Nine Inch Nails sets industrial beat to the dancefloor
Qntal inspires medieval role plays and pagan gatherings
Emilie Autumn plays for twisted Victorian elite

(Article by Marina Sidyakina for 6DEGREES)

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Here, she also offers some links for other fellow Goths:

The Hits
Lumous Gothic Festival
The most northern Gothic festival in Europe, runs annually in Tampere.
www.lumous.net

Where to meet
Wave Gotik Treffen
WGT is an annual Gothic festival in Germany in May. It attracts about 30,000 visitors every year and is the biggest in the continent.
www.wave-gotik-treffen.de

Syn/\psi
Monthly electro/industrial club in Helsinki with live acts.
www.synapsi.info

The treasure chest:
www.x-tra-x.de
www.morticia.com
www.skeletonsintheclosetclothing.com
www.mollamills.com

Something about The Clothing

2008-04-23T16:11:00.009+02:00

I know, I know...I haven't been around for a while, the blog has been all so empty and sad :(
But now I have the perfect post to open "the new season" of GothycaUnltd! I've been browsing the web for the past few weeks and I've discovered several online shops that might come in handy for ladies such as myself, living in the "out casted" parts of the world, where the Gothic fashion hasn't entered the big door...ever! Most of them have online payments with paypal, which is more than good! :)
Introducing...

As their site says: "Erotic, Sexy, exotic footwear from Pleaser, Demonia, Devious & Lucious including: thigh length boots, ankle boots, shoes, platforms, Ugg and Goth biker boots (buckle / lace up) for men & women. Large size shoes, ballet heels, coffin heels, cone heels, spike stiletto heels, clubbing shoes with luminous uv reactive heels, transparent / clear shoes, glitter, retro, seventies type platform shoes and the current fashion for really bright 80's coloured shoes. From the fantasy adult footwear seen on models, porn stars and lap dancers to crepe soled creepers and the fetish world of ballet heels and other so called bedroom shoes! The diversity of sizes even makes them suitable for cross dressers / transvestites (TV) or transexuals.

I chose this site for presentation first, because it was the first one I ran into while browsing :D but it was also because they have probably the best variety of decent Gothic and fetish clothing on the web market! I love them!! :) They provide a variety of garments, such as the following:

but also a huuuuge variety of boots

and shoes!

They offer plenty of fancy and stylish handbags as well! :)

The pieces are from artists such as Demonia, Pleaser, Lucious, Dark Star, Devious, Jordash etc. The prices are in UK pounds and are pretty available for the masses! Thank you guys for letting me promote your work! :)

P.S.: As u might have noticed, the codes of the stock and the colors have remained on the pictures, because I was not allowed to take them off, but I think it's a better presentation of the pieces! Most of the garments are available in black, red and violet/purple!

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That's all for today folks! I hope you enjoyed my selection of the week. I'm planning on doing this kind of presentation every Wednesday, so stay tuned! :)

I fell in love with this one...

2008-04-03T23:54:00.001+02:00

Work of art from a fellow artist

2008-04-03T00:28:00.006+02:00

So here it is: as I promised to you, I will show u some work.

Check them out....

And the jumbo ones (I have compared them with the palm of my hand, just to show u how BIG they are!)

These peaces ARE FOR SALE, unfortunately for "customers" on the area of the city of Skopje..
Sorry ladies...

Just look and enjoy (read: ENVY!) >D>D>D>D

Courtesy by MacaR

Intro Nb.2

2008-03-31T19:50:00.002+02:00

It has been (more than) a while since my last post and I believe I have to apologize to all of my visitors, but right now I am still working on the material for my upcoming post, so hold still...

Love you all! ^v^

It took my breath away!

2008-03-15T16:27:00.010+01:00

Have I ever told you about how much I am into JEWELRY??!?! Dear God, haven't I? I should be ashamed of myself.... Anyway, I'm here to tell you about my latest discovery that literally took my breath away!
It was like this: as usual, I had some problems with my internet traffic and I couldnt open this page I was looking for, so i tried via Google search and it gave me several options, but none of them was what I needed, so I started opening them one by one and what I found changed the way I perceive jewelry for good! I found GothicStyle[dot]co[dot]uk! They call themselves "the Withes of Gothic Style" and bewitched me totally! I am insane of their stock!

Here I present you some of my favorites.

Chokers:

Black Heart choker

Catafalque choker

Ravania choker (Very Victorian age)

Pendants:

Black Heart pendant (Totally old school!)

Croix De Cour Noir pendant (Love at first sight!)

Destiny pendant

Angel Wings pendant (The wings in front open like gates and it look marvelous!)

Malis Fortuna pendant (Little safely broken mirror being held by two winged skeletons and the number 7 on top)

Reneaisance Cross Of Passion pendant (Pretty big - over 10cm in length)

Sacred Heart pendant (The fill in the middle of the heart resembles blood! Held by two black satin ribbons! Very romantic!!)

Sets - There were a lot of gorgeous sets to choose from, but I chose these as my fav's:

the Gothic pendant,

which makes a wonderful set with

the Gothic Earrings - simple, yet elegant and can be worn even in more "casual" occasions

and the Vintage Necklace,

which combined with the Vintage earrings makes a magnificent set even for those special occasions (also available in blue-black combo)

Vampire Killing Kit From 19th century Transylvania

2008-03-12T23:47:00.001+01:00

This Vampire slaying kit has been sold recently on ebay for US $1,000.00. The items enclosed in the box are as followed:

One wooden hammer (6.5 inches long), four stakes 6 inches-each) --- the wooden hammer has applied a small holy cross, same as the stakes; the lower side containing: prayer book, crucifix, knife and eight bottles with Pamant (holy soil), Agheazma (holy water), Mir (anointing oil), Tamaie (holy incense), Usturoi (garlic), red serum, blue serum and secret potion. We believe a romanian monk from Transylvania has created this box during the period of 1870-1890 .

The old Prayer Book is old romanian language (chirilica), 19th century-hard covers. There is a mith saying whoever is able to read from this Book, he will be able to win the fight with the dark forces, demons, vampires and other demonic creatures .

The knife is 13.1 inches long with a metal handle. It's made of heavy metal and can be easily thrown - it will always hit the target with the sharp tip. Has a gothic theme and detailing of fangs.

The metal box contains one syringe and it can be used to inject liquid garlic or secret serums into vampires. It has a small cross on it made of silver . The syringe can sustain temperatures up to 200 Celsius degrees. The cross is very old, with one beautiful black stone and is on a very old metal chain .

The metal teeth plier ( 7.5 inches ) was used in the past to remove the vampire's teeth. There is also a special tool called Dentol ( 5.5 inches ) used in the past to remove the vampire's teeth.

Some vampire experts claim that kits such as the present lot were very common in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries among travelers to Eastern Europe, particularly the Carpathians, and could be requested from the concierge desk of their hotels. Others claim that the kits originated in twentieth century America and are nothing more than romantic curiosities.

What do you think?!?!?!?!?!?! ;)

Mmmmmmmmmmm...Jewelry!

2008-03-11T23:38:00.004+01:00

I ran into this site today(didn't notice what was it actually about tho!) but it contained several pictures of some extraordinary jewelry - one of my passions! Most of it is made of gold, which by the way is one of my turn-offs, but the designs blew me away! I took the liberty of downloading the ones I found as my favorites.
Gotta admit: ear-rings and rings are what I fall for mostly! But these are exquisite and totally unique!

And if u want to ask for my hand in marriage, I probably should tell you that I'm not accepting any proposals without this baby:

GothycaUnlimited

2008-03-09T12:14:00.004+01:00

I ran into this "quizz" today and it gave me the perfect score! >D Do it for ur self! hahahahaha

What kind of goth are you? [Victorian, Romantic, Old School, Deathrocker, Poser, Cyber, Gothic Rocker, Medieval]
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Medieval Goth

You're dark, mysterious and spiritual. Your mind is full of dragons, elfs, fairies and old dark castles. Your style is wonderful.

Medieval Goth

85%

Victorian Goth

80%

Romantic Goth

78%

Gothic Rocker

53%

Poser

50%

Old School Goth

48%

Deathrocker

30%

Cyber Goth

20%

To start...

2008-03-07T15:34:00.000+01:00

OK, here's the thing: my bf is a huuuuge blog-addict and he says that blogging is a better way to express yourself. What the heck, I'll do it! I have something to say too, you know....

So anyway, each blog has to have a meaning of existence, right? This blog is about my passions: the Gothic way of living, with all of the positive sides, and NONE of the negatives! Macedonia has no Gothic scene what so ever, but the ppl that are into it are trying to put it on and make it work. I'm one of them!

I'll make GothycaUltd a place where u can find the latest trends from sites such as FuckTheMainstream.com and VampireFreaks.com, which by the way are ones of the top sites I've ever visited in my career(tnx to jet for allowing me to add links on my blog and make it more interesting!)

Till the next post,

LOVE YOU ALL TO DEATH!!!