Goth/Industrial Shopping

Here you will find a collection of stores with varying degrees of g/i stock in clothes, shoes/boots, accessories, make-up, music, and more. Directions and bus routes will be added.

Clothing/Etc. | Music/Misc. | Tatto/Piercing | New Age | Thrift Stores | Shadyside Highlight

Clothing/Shoes/Accessories

Avalon

115 Atwood St.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.621.1211

Primarily carries rave gear, but also has some makeup, accessories, and clothes as well as Sanrio goods.

Bovvers

3608 Forbes Ave.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.681.7886

Boots/shoes (including Doc Martin's), tee shirts, hair dye, socks, and accessories.

Harris Sales/ER Room

4205 Butler St.
Lawrenceville
ph: 412.605.0303

Harris Sales is a hardware/plumbing store with is home to the ER Room, which specializes in rubber and vinyl fetish wear. Small, but with respectable stock and reasonable prices.

Hot Topic

Century III Mall
3075 Clairton Rd.
West Mifflin
ph: 412.653.1220

This is a national chain store that features g/i and rave gear, tee shirts, CDs, accessories, and shoes.

The Outer Skin

418 E. 8th St.
Homestead
ph: 412.461.5901

Fetish vinyl and rubber and lots of it. Large store includes clothes, periodicals, and 'adult' toys.

Slacker

1321 E. Carson St.
PGH South Side
ph: 412.381.3911

Medium sized store that carries g/i and rave clothes, accessories, shoes/boots, videos, periodicals, and more.

Swank Gear

73 1/2 13th St.
(off E. Carson St.)
PGH South Side
ph: 412.381.1037

Clothing and oddities.

Macondo

406 S. Craig St.
Basement
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.683.6486

Small store with jewelry, tshirts (including some Cosmic Girls shirts for the agfers out there), Day of the Dead figurines, lunchboxes, some clothes, arty postcards, random weird wonderful tchotchkes and more.

Tela Ropa

120 Atwood St.
Second Floor
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.621.2144

Huge hippie store also features silver jewelry, candles, incense, tapestries, band t-shirts, swirly skirts and dresses.

Culture Shop

1602 E. Carson St.
PGH South Side
ph: 412.481.8284

Small hippie shop has gorgeous silver jewelry, Indian tapestries and skirts.

Groovy!

1304 E. Carson St.
PGH South Side
ph: 412.381.8010

Pop culture emporium with everything from Super Friends action figures to Star Wars memorabilia and more. There is also an art gallery on the second floor.


Music/Video/Misc.

Dave's Music Mine

3710 Forbes Ave.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.687.1234

Used CDs - buy/sell/trade. Has g/i, techno, trance, and ambient sections, although they aren't very large. Some music videos as well.

Eide's Entertainment

1111 Penn Ave.
PGH Strip Dist.
Downtown
ph: 412.261.0900

New and used CDs. Has g/i section, periodicals, comics, and videos.

Eye of Horus

1305 E. Carson St.
PGH South Side
ph: 412.481.7887

Occult items (incense, burners, ritual tools) and texts, artwork. Often has a tarot reader and sensory deprivation tank available - check with store for availability.

Hari's Karishma

Forbes Ave.
(near Market Sq.)
PGH Downtown

Tee shirts, stickers, patches, and more.

Hocus Pocus

113 Meyran Ave.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.622.0113

Occult tools and henna tattoos.

Incredibly Strange Video

W. Liberty Blvd.
Dormont

Pittsburgh's only dedicated B-movie rental store. They also sell videos and tee shirts, and carry almost all of the classic horror flicks.

Jerry's Used Records

2136 Murray Ave.
PGH Squirrel Hill
ph: 412.421.4533

Used vinyl LPs. Some goth, some industrial. Would take some time to look.

Paul's Compact Discs

4526 Liberty Ave.
Bloomfield
ph: 412.621.3256

Eclectic selection, with lots of experimental music and experimental noise.

Brave New World

406 S. Craig St.
2nd Floor
PGH Oakland
ph: ?

Smallish, but good selection of new and used CDs, some vinyl, and some DVDs.

Phantom of the Attic

406 S. Craig St.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.621.1210

Comics, graphic novels, toys, t-shirts, gaming stuff (at sister store about 1 block up the street).


Tattoo and Body Piercing Parlors

Inka Dinka Doo

115 Oakland Ave.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.683.4320

Tattoos, possibly piercings.

Iron City Ink/Hellion House

314 N. Craig St.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.391.1121
ph: 412.683.9888

Tattoos only.

Z Spot

115 Meyran Ave.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.681.2171

Tattoo and body piercings. Staffed by female gothy types, and only about 2 blocks from our choice hotel.

South Side Tattoo & Body Piercing

2210 E. Carson St.
PGH South Side
ph: 412.381.5401

Tattoo and body piercings. All female staff.


New Age

Mandala Wellness Center

S. Craig St.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.682.2703

Books, tarot readings, jewelry.

Journeys of Life

810 Bellefonte St.
(1/2 block from
Walnut St.) PGH Shadyside
ph: 412.681.8755

Books, candles, gifts, jewelry, knick knacks, beautiful things - Egyptian, Celtic, crafty, original Winnie the Pooh things.


Thrift/Vintage Stores

Goodwill

2700 E. Carson St.
PGH South Side
ph: 412.481.5390
5210 Liberty Ave.
PGH Shadyside
ph: 412.687.8840

Can usually find some gothy treasures in their huge selection.

Red, White & Blue

890 Saw Mill Run Blvd.
(You will need a car)
ph: 412.381.1060

HUGE! Can find super-cool things there about 95% of the time. Very cheap. Closed on Sundays.

Salvation Army

44 S. 9th St.
PGH South Side
ph: 412.431.9896

Furniture and books on the first floor, clothing on the second.

Crimes of Fashion

4628 Forbes Ave.
PGH Oakland
ph: 412.682.7010

A second-hand store with vintage clothes, jewelry, shoes, and accessories. The store is small, and jam-packed with goods. Items can be a bit on the expensive side, but are usually in good shape.

Eons

5850 Ellsworth Ave.
PGH Shadyside
ph: 412.361.3368

Big vintage store (three floors!) with lots of great clothes, shoes, hats, scarves, and other accessories.

Hey Betty!

5892 Ellsworth Ave.
PGH Shadyside
ph: 412.363.0999

Small vintage store with men's and women's vintage clothing, shoes, and even housewares.

Shadyside Highlight

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