December 4th: brunch at M Cafe, secret business meetings all day long, and then an interview with an LA Weekly reporter. Together, we went to Perversion a goth/industrial/fetish night at Evil Club Empire on Hollywood Blvd. I wore a black & white striped Atelier Pierrot dress, an h.NAOTO Gouk cardigan with long Vampyra sleeves, and old magenta floral tights. Woooo, woooo!

Perversion comes in two flavors. The main room blasted industrial/EBM/noise; by midnight, the giant floor was wrenching with hammer-on-nail, herky-jerky dancing. In the back, two DJs spun “a nostalgic web of dark and mischievous tunes from the old school to the new” – from 80s Goth/darkwave (The Cure) to electro/synthpop (The Knife).

American Goth club fashion is much more casual than Tokyo Goth/Lolita. There were only a few standouts – how about 80s Goth hair, charcoal-smeared pants, and a vest with a hand-sewn glove and ring! Most of the industrial boys wore boring black Ts and studded-belted pants, but one person kept things interesting with duct tape over the nipples… and not much else.

I wish I got her black faux-fur leg warmers in the left photo – they were spectacular! As for the cyber fashion at the club… well, it’s a far cry from Takuya Angel and DJ Sisen.

Here’s a closeup of my Black Peace Now choker and a cybergoth’s peacock feather nail polish. The girl in the middle rocked the adorable trinity of bell skirt, eyepatch, and cherry bob.

“Come on baby, come on darling / Let me steal this moment from you now / Oh come on angel, come on come on darlin’ / Let’s exchange the experience oh…”