Like a collective hallucination from the minds of conspiracy theorists worldwide, Welcome to Night Vale emerged out of the depths of Tumblr to storm the iTunes charts. A podcast in the form of a spoof local radio show from the imaginary desert town of Night Vale, it features everything from hooded figures to angels in a place where every conspiracy theory is true.
I've been suffering from an addiction to the show for some time now, and purchased tickets to see them in Edinburgh tomorrow; to deal with my excitement, I've spent my time organising Welcome To Night Vale inspired outfits on Polyvore. Creating outfits on a Night Vale theme has been popular for a while now, and The Everyday Goth released her suggestions for gothic Night Vale fashion this summer(she's apparently quicker at finishing posts than myself), but I thought that I'd add my suggestions to the mix.
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Cecil's sweater-vests have been adopted as unofficial canon by the fandom, but I wanted to experiment more with the look; this is probably what I'd wear for a casual nod to the show. The occult, purple, eyes, and tentacles all feature prominently, but I feel like this is a little bit different from most of the inspiration sets out there.
Hooded Figures
The Hooded Figures, associated with the dog park (and stealing babies), are a gift to nu-goth and the ninja goth trend; harem pants, flowing dresses, unnatural heels and oversized hoods. Though it's a very androgynous look, I've also included a more hip-hop inspired outfit - I love that conventional rappers like Jay Z and Kanye West are taking an interest in dark fashion, and fully support black goths using aspects of black culture in their style. Ben also suggested quite astutely that if you're a fan of Victorian goth, long, black lace veils would be an interesting take on this inspiration.
Americana gone wrong
One of the main themes in Night Vale is normal American culture, but gone horribly, horribly wrong - this ties in with the absurd creepy humour of the serious, as normal is made creepy and creepy is made hilarious. Here, I've taken inspiration from recurring characters Old Woman Josie, John Peters (you know, the farmer?) and others for this set.Has anyone else seen the Night Vale live shows, or listens to the podcast? I'm so excited for tomorrow!
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Fantastic post, I adore Welcome to Night Vale and these collages are just perfect.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think I did an okay job on them, so it's nice to hear that other people think so.
DeleteWow, I love these outfits! I think it is really cool to see outfits people base on books, radio shows and other things where you can't actually see the clothes, you see some really creative ideas!
ReplyDeleteCheers - there's a lot of art associated with night vale, and as it has a good mix of description and leaving it to one's imagination it does well at inspiring.
DeleteI need that lilac shawl thing
ReplyDeleteIt's very pretty!
DeleteYES! I totally channel nightvale whenever I wear purple. II never really liked it on me but I wear it now because of it haha
ReplyDeleteInteresting outfits idea. Do you have some idea to wear silver leotard from Amazon?
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