I'm Going Goth for Fall 2012 Y'ALL

You could say that it all started out earlier this summer when I bought a Rick Owens trench coat that inspired me to go Goth Chic this fall. It's definitely not because the Twilight movie series is coming to an end and I want to pay homage. Aloof teen vampires don't do anything for me.

The Rick Owens trench looks like a wrinkled Hefty garbage bag, but it's the most beautiful garbage bag that I will ever wear on the streets of New York. There's something very strong and soft about this trench coat with its triangular hem and billowing back.

It may shrink as soon as it makes contact with the rain or keep me perfectly dry better than a reinforced Burberry trench made of rubber and the world's rarest silica. But this piece of Rick Owens vision definitely pushed me to go all black this fall/winter...and like the old saying, I may never go back.

Going back to my old preppy pastels and ironic geek chic look might be things that I used to do when I was idealistic and not fully formed yet as a full-blooded New Yorker. For years, I avoided an all black look because it seemed cliche and expected. Plus, I've always been afraid of being run over by a taxi cab who can't see me crossing the street since my skin tone is also on the dark side...like my soul.

Okay, I'm no Beelzebub, but I have been buying a lot of black lately for this upcoming season. There are the black Zara tees, black Theory pants and dress shirts along with the black T by Alexander Wang hoodies I've amassed.

Thinking about it even more, I realize that as I get closer to turning 40 in the next couple of years, I'm forced to face my own mortality.  As I try to come to peace with this event, I realize that dressing in black and looking to Goth culture is the perfect representation of death. Although, the black eye liner isn't a part of my equation since I'm not a drag queen or a member of the music group, The Cure. In a way, the black phase is my metamorphosis to shed my boyish past as I try to accept my inevitable mature future.

YES: If you want to explore your dark side of the moon
NO: Don't wear all black just because you want to hide your fat areas...there are other ways
MAYBE: You could still add a pop of color to your black ensemble like I will because I need to make sure those Pakistani cab drivers can see me a block away before they make a turn on the corner where I'm crossing