{"id":4682,"date":"2009-07-01T03:37:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T09:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2012-02-05T01:13:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T09:13:44","slug":"ggs-girly-goth-boutique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=4682","title":{"rendered":"gg’s girly goth boutique"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charlotte Usher is a geek with a dark streak, and she has the haunting fashion sense to match. Visit gg’s girly goth boutique<\/a> and you, too, can dress like the antiheroine of ghostgirl<\/em><\/a> and ghostgirl: Homecoming<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Ghostgirl Oval<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ghostgirl<\/em> fashions are bold in design, yet subtle enough that you won’t feel like a walking billboard for the ghostgirl<\/em> books. Most of the shirts, like the one above, discretely display the ghostgirl<\/em> logo only on the bottom hem. The tote bag goes one further and has the logo printed on its inner edge, “ensur[ing] that you have cool style on your bag as well as in it”.<\/p>\n

\"Girly
Girly Goth Tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Exceptionally well-made, the t-shirts are 100% cotton, heavyweight and pre-shrunk, and look even better in person than they do online, especially the Girly Goth Tank. “In true ghostgirl<\/em> style,” the online shop says, “it features a beautiful skull, satin bra-straps and bows.” The tank top’s fabric is also lightly ribbed, a detail that isn’t evident in the product photo. Whether you’re into the goth scene or just really like pirates (or ghostly pirates!), this versatile top, “edgy and feminine all at the same time”, will easily find a place in your wardrobe.<\/p>\n

\"Candle\"
Candle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Inspired by spell and votive candles, the ghostgirl<\/em> pillar candle<\/a> is a work of art. The glass jar’s glossy, wrap-around sticker features an intricate pink, black, and white portrait of Charlotte, her tiara accented with sparkling rhinestones. Beneath Charlotte is the inscription “true love burns forever”, while on the back of the candle, under the question “Ever feel invisible?”, is an amusing revision of the classic children’s prayer Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Now I lay me down to sleep
\nI pray the Lord
\nmy soul to keep
\nAnd if I should die
\nbefore I awake
\nI pray the popular
\nattend my wake<\/p>\n

Directions for using the candle are simple: Light for Love and Adoration. The candle wax is a ghostgirl<\/em>-appropriate black and is unscented, though it looks like it should smell of licorice.<\/p>\n

\"Umbrella\"
Umbrella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The current jewel of the ghostgirl<\/em> collection is the cleverly named “unbrella”, which can be seen as a metaphor for both geek isolation and peer scrutiny, the transparent plastic bubble simultaneously creating a cocoon and goldfish bowl effect. As the product description points out, “This invisible unbrella may be see-through, but all eyes will be on you when you pop open this retro-inspired piece.” The Ever Feel Invisible? slogan is printed around the perimeter in a striking black font, alternating panels with the ghostgirl<\/em> logo.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see what the second wave of ghostgirl <\/em>merchandise brings. A pewter-and-crystal recreation of Charlotte’s RIP tiara would be a wonderful new accessory, especially when paired with the umbrella.<\/p>\n

Order directly through the ghostgirl.com<\/a> website. The Oval Tee and Face Tee shirts are also available at select Hot Topic stores and through hottopic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While waiting for your order to arrive, treat yourself to a quick Get An Afterlife!<\/a> makeover. Upload your photo and gg-ize it to send to your friends and use as your Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook picture.<\/p>\n

Order now at Amazon.com:
\nghostgirl<\/em><\/a>
\nghostgirl: Homecoming<\/em><\/a>
\nghostgirl (Kindle Edition)<\/em><\/a>
\nghostgirl: Homecoming (Kindle Edition)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

ghostgirl<\/em> and ghostgirl: Homecoming<\/em> are distributed by Little, Brown and Company<\/a>, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA, and Headline Publishing<\/a> (UK). For more information on the book series and its author, visit ghostgirl.com<\/a> and the website of Tonya Hurley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Usher is a geek with a dark streak, and she has the haunting fashion sense to match. Visit gg’s girly goth boutique and you, too, can dress like the antiheroine of ghostgirl and ghostgirl: Homecoming. The ghostgirl fashions are bold in design, yet subtle enough that you won’t feel like a walking billboard for … Continue reading “gg’s girly goth boutique”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,32,8,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-books-writing","category-merchandise","category-multimedia","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}