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		<title>Of Gentlemen&#8217;s Summerwear and of Alternative Genders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Snarklings! Yes, the Lady of the Manners has dragged herself away from playing with dolls and reading vampire books to answer reader letters! A letter asking for some fashion advice, and two different letters touching on the trans* and genderqueer communities. This is one of the posts at Gothic Charm School where the Lady of the Manners is going to open up the comments in order to get (she hopes!) even more advice and support for the dilemmas being addressed here. However, as always, the comments will be <b>moderated</b>. (Does the Lady of the Manners have to point out that flaming, trolling, and hateful speech are not tolerated here? She would assume not, but better safe than sorry.)]]></description>
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		<title>The Doll House: Tonner Doll and Wilde Imagination!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Doll House, Snarklings! You see, the Lady of the Manners likes dolls. And doll houses, and miniatures, and fuzzy toy monsters. As it so happens, there are a lot of Goth or Goth-influenced dolls and other goodies out there! So the Doll House is where the Lady of the Manners is going to, well, talk about dolls, review various doll-related goodies, and encourage other gothy doll enthusiasts to comment!

For the first visit to the Doll House, the Lady of the Manners had the good fortune to be able to interview two well-known fabulous people in the world of collectible dolls: Robert Tonner from Tonner Doll, and Joe Petrollese from Wilde Imagination.]]></description>
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		<title>Show And Tell: h. naoto Fashion Show at SakuraCon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Snarklings! This round of Show and Tell is less a review of items, and more burbling about an event! The fifteenth annual <a href="http://www.sakuracon.org/">Sakura-Con</a> was a few short weeks ago, and the Lady of the Manners was delighted to attend. Sakura-Con is an event that is focused on Japanese animation, comics, gaming, and cultural arts. Over the past few years, Gothic + Lolita fashion has become a larger presence at the event, including attendees dressed in their finest frills, and fashion shows from some well-known Japanese alternative fashion designers!

<a href="http://www.hnaoto.us/">h. naoto</a> is a brand the Lady of the Manners has admired ever since she first saw photos of their designs in an early volume of the Gothic + Lolita Bible. Their blend of slashed and deconstructed punk details and Gothic Victorian black lace and tulle was eye-catching, and looked like the garments were designed to be worn in (admittedly very fashionable) daily life, not just saved for special photo shoots.]]></description>
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		<title>Of Someone Not Sure About This Whole Goth Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Snarklings! In this installment of Gothic Charm School, the Lady of the Manners is going to revisit a question that turns up somewhat frequently in the Gothic Charm School mailbox; this time, however, there's a bit of a twist to it.

Stranded Fashionista wrote with what they call a bit of an existential crisis:

<em>

question: How do you know if you're Goth or not? I've never considered myself anywhere close to Goth- but my friends who are more versed in the culture have pointed out that a lot of the things I like are "Goth." It's odd to think that I may be part of a sub-culture that I've sub-consciously judged for a lot of my life. I'm not exactly sure what help you can give- but, this is causing me a bit of existential crisis.

</em>]]></description>
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		<title>Show And Tell: Spin Doctor Clothing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guess what, Snarklings? It's time for the long-promised review of Spin Doctor Clothing! Yes, really; the Lady of the Manners has been meaning to write up this review for over a year now, but agents of chaos kept thwarting that plan. Anyway! I first discovered Spin Doctor around a year and a half ago, when I was indulging in one of my periodic insomnia-fueled searches of "Gothic Victorian" on eBay. I kept finding items that were utterly charming, with the sort of dark Victorian-but-not-entirely-historically-accurate flair that I prefer in clothing; skirts, waistcoats, jackets, and blouses all made by a company I'd not yet run across. A few days later, after I'd caught up on my sleep, I decided to look at those items again and see if I still was charmed by them, or if it was another case of magpie-brain caused by sleep deprivation.

No, it wasn't. The items from Spin Doctor were just as enticing as I had remembered. So enticing, in fact, I gave in to temptation and bought myself the "Harriet" waistcoat.]]></description>
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		<title>An Assortment Of Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Fashionable]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Snarklings! It's time to return to a potpourri of reader questions here at Gothic Charm School, including, oh yes, another question about Goth fashion. Which prompts the Lady of the Manners to say that she is working on a <b>huge</b> upcoming post about Where To Find Goth Clothes and How To Put Together Your Gothy Style, however, when the Lady of the Manners says it's a huge post, she's not kidding. So it may take a little while to finally coalesce and appear here on Gothic Charm School.  (Yes, Gothic Charm School sees a lot of questions about finding gothy clothes. That, and many, <b>many</b> questions about family disapproval. Which tells the Lady of the Manners that she needs to do big blanket posts on both topics.)

But! Those are projects for the future, and the Lady of the Manners should really concentrate on the questions she's going to talk about this time around, which are …  hmmm, a question about fashion, a query about explaining one's gothy self to one's mom, and … oh! About Halloween!]]></description>
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		<title>The Gothic Charm School Interview with Emilie Autumn!</title>
		<link>http://gothic-charm-school.com/charm/?p=697</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clubbing & Concerts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snarklings, the Lady of the Manners has an exciting treat for you this time at Gothic Charm School! As the Lady of the Manners has mentioned before, she's a big fan of Emilie Autumn. While the <u>Enchant</u> album was lovely, it was with the release of <u>Opheliac</u> that Emilie Autumn really grabbed people's attention. How could the Lady of the Manners resist someone who played the violin, wrote slyly smart and biting songs about emotional struggles, <b>and</b> looked like a bedraggled and possibly dangerous Victorian doll? The Lady of the Manners couldn't, obviously, and has been following the antics (musical and otherwise) of Ms. Autumn ever since.]]></description>
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		<title>Amusements: Other Gothy Blogs To Read</title>
		<link>http://gothic-charm-school.com/charm/?p=686</link>
		<comments>http://gothic-charm-school.com/charm/?p=686#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Snarklings! While the Lady of the Manners is poking at the Audacity program (and that should give you a hint as to upcoming projects, you clever things), she felt she should talk about the blogs that <b>she</b> likes to visit! Distractions, entertainment, nifty things!]]></description>
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		<title>Of Goth Styles And Labels</title>
		<link>http://gothic-charm-school.com/charm/?p=678</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Snarklings, and welcome to 2012! There are all sorts of plots being polished and things in the works here at Gothic Charm School, including clothing reviews, more vampire book discussion in the Nocturnal House, and events to attend! But never fear, the Lady of the Manners is still reading and answering the letters that come in to Gothic Charm School.]]></description>
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		<title>The Holiday Gift Guide!</title>
		<link>http://gothic-charm-school.com/charm/?p=667</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady of the Manners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Snarklings! Yes, here it is, the enormous Gothic Charm School holiday gift guide! Full of clicky-links to gothy artisans and small businesses that have simply oodles and oodles of interesting things for sale. The Lady of the Manners is very aware that just about everyone is dealing with tightened budgets right now, but wants to encourage all of you who are doing holiday gift shopping to show your support for independent sellers and stores.]]></description>
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