A (mostly) teenage subculture, characterized by the wearing of eyeliner, bondage pants, baggy t-shirts and lots of black. Usually associated with nu-metal music. One of the only subcultures in which mental issues were a celebrated thing. Typically critical of "preppy"
youth culture, which may cause people to think mallgoth kids are hypocritical (because OMG, they PURCHASE their clothes at MALLS! What a mortal sin!) Not "true" goths, not "true" metalheads, and sure as heck not any other subculture...one wonders who the real
conformists are, after a while. Nowadays it's more rare to spot a mallgoth, because they are a dying breed, much like almost every ruggedly individualistic
counterculture in this country.
Go ahead. Laugh at the mallgoth because he dresses like
The Crow.
Sneer at him because he's a teenager. Make
snide remarks at his eyeliner and his CD collection, and think nothing of him because he's a poor, broken lunatic.
Just remember how strong the spirit of youth and rebellion can be...and remember that the young and the wild often grow to become the brilliant and the revered.