So you know how obsessed I am with anything that The Glam Goth X Béte Noire puts out. It’s always high quality, incredibly well made, amazing design and GLAMOROUS! Well all that applies to the newest pieces of the ever growing collection. Everything is a must have, because, wow. WOW! just wait until you see it all! This is going to tap into your inner goth trophy wife status and get your closet to a whole new level. There’s a bolero, skirt and a new necklace. All together it makes an incredible outfit! Heads will turn, possibly all the way way around. Here’s my thoughts on the fit and all the new ways I’m going style these.

The first item is the Lilith Lace Shawl and my god! I can’t begin to tell you how much I love this!! I’m wearing a 3X and it fits perfectly. The lace has a good amount of stretch to it, but doesn’t get all itchy once stretched out. I hate when I get a nice stretchy item and as soon as it reaches a stretch limit it becomes uncomfortable. Not the case at all! I also carry a lot of weight in my upper arms and stretch lace can sometimes dig into the skin too much, again, not at all. Stays very soft and doesn’t make my arms chafe at all. The clasp at the neckline is a beautiful and really adds a victorian/elegant feel to the piece. And i mean come on, the sleeves?? What glamour goth doesn’t love a big bell sleeve?! I can’t wait to pair this with some wiggle dresses for spring, some black shorts and a harness in the summer and an full length velvet dress for fall. It’s so light and really dresses up anything you pair with it, easy addition to anyones closet to really show people you know how to throw together an oufit.

The next item is the Countess Cortskirt and COME ON!! it’s just so STUNNING!! I love this skirt so much! The fit is just incredible! The material itself is a stretch velvet, which really just allows it to hug the curves perfectly. The waistline is much more fitted with a zipper along the side, so it really hugs the waistline. It doesn’t dig into the waistline, it’s a nice snug fit-pair that with the stretch velvet and it really just hugs at all the right spots. I’m wearing a 3X in the skirt and it’s a perfect fit. My waistline is typically 7-9 inches smaller than my bust and hips, so to have a skirt really tuck in at the waist, not be uncomfortable and cinch me in!? Okay, yes thank you. We haven’t even talked about the corset back! Oh my goth! it’s just so perfect! One of my favorite things about the corset back too is the fact that you can remove the string. Sounds niche, but dude. I can’t stand when an item sews in the string on a corset style lacing. what if I want the bow at the top? what if I want it at the bottom? what if I want to shorten it? Perfect solution? Make it removable, so thank you! Such a good feature. Also for as curvy as I am, I don’t have the fullest butt. The waistline does most of the job, but damn! The skirt makes me feel like I’ve got a dump truck back there! I don’t care if skinny is back or not, I want to be curvy and have plenty of T&A. The skirt has two lace panels at the bottom for some amazing peekaboo action, and really just adds to the victorian vibe the top was giving off. Can we say victorian baddie? Because that’s how I feel. The skirt is long on me, I’m 5’4” and it drags, but! that leaves room for the platforms! i wore about 5” platform boots under the skirt so it just hit the floor at that length. So I see it as a plus, but also a minus if you’re short and don’t want to wear platforms all the time with it. Nothing a simple hem couldn’t fix though.

The final piece is the Medieval Rosary, and oh my god. If you know me I LIVE for a rosary moment. They are all over my house, I wear them all the time, the Hail Mary Necklace is one of my favorite go to accessories in my jewelry box. Now this?! A heavy metal feeling rosary? SIGN ME UP! This is so beyond stunning! I want to pair this with an 80’s biker look, a fetish nun look, and a 90’s slip dress look. There’s just so many different goth sub-genres that this necklace would fit into!! I can’t see how anyone wouldn’t want to just swipe this up. You know the quality is there! You know the craftsmanship is there!

This new collection is just so incredible, fits wonderfully and could really get paired with so many things in any ghouls closet. I’m so excited to pair these with lots of looks this year!!

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