Obama makes goths smile

[pallas_athena]

This photograph of Barack Obama with Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero and his family, including two vaguely gothic teenage daughters, is causing a bit of a stir.

"Try as they might to stay hidden, the children of world leaders will find a way to show off the regrettable teenage phases they are going through for posterity."

Sigh. They're not even that goth. No more goth than their mother, anyway. No corsets, no piercings, no overexposed flesh-- even the most conservative parent would concede that they're dressed entirely appropriately for a formal occasion (and very pretty).

I think I'm right in saying that if you, o gothic ministers of LJ, were to be photographed with a head of state, you would show these political types a thing or two about style? Oh yes.

Should I ever get a chance to meet Obama, damn right I'll be wearing a corset.

Meanwhile: solidarity, Spanish baby bats. Keep the faith.

Comments

[nanashi-jones.livejournal.com]

*squint, shrug* Eh. Looks like the kind of normal I put on when I'm being nice. Is the goth-radar that strong these days?

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

I don't know-- I think they focused on the dyed-black hair and the Docs. But, you know, I don't even feel like I know what "normal" is any more.

(Though I'm certain your "normal" is more stylish than most!)

[larissa-00.livejournal.com]

Well su madre is all in black, so they're just following her example :-)
It must be horrible to have famous parents . . .

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

Yeah-- those girls are lucky that there are Spanish laws in place protecting their privacy while they're minors.

[wildwose.livejournal.com]

Well now, the Spanish have always been a bit Gothic.

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

Ooooo. Very stylish. And you know that lace would glow nicely under blacklight!

[captrenault.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there's a limit to how goth the girls can be. If indeed they even are goth.

Last year high school, start of uni -- things will change.

Or maybe it's a big friggin' joke, and they're not goth at all, but dressed this way knowing that a picture would be released and they wanted to preserve their anonymity.

Heh.

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yeah, maybe Obama was being set up here! Turned up in a suit to a Goth event... n00b.

[breltard95.livejournal.com]

That's not goth; it's more artsy.

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

Artsy is a banner we can all get behind, I feel.

[psychonomy.livejournal.com]

No, it's goth - if only because they have the posture of Fester Addams.

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com]

But can they do the lightbulb trick?