How To Dress Emo

With a few specific wardrobe pieces, you can learn how to dress emo and easily blend in at any concert where the band's names are sentences.  Dressing emo has a few key elements you'll want to have on hand.

• Converse Shoes:  These are a real must for dressing emo.  Preferably high tops, any color as long as they aren't shiny.  Darker shades are always good.
• Tight Band T-Shirts:  The more obscure the music and the more poetic the name, the better.  Especially if the shirt is either black or pink.  If it's not tight, it's not emo.
• Your Girlfriend's Pants:  Yes, the right men look amazingly good in a girl's pants.  Again, these have to be tight.  If they're looking lived in, or grey wash, or both, that's good too.
• Wrist Wear:  Bracelets, a sweat band, fingerless gloves, pick one or mix and match.  Wearing a wrist watch is not dressing emo.  
• Hoodie: This one doesn't have to be tight, but if it is formfitting, awesome.  No brand names showing, that looks corporate rather than emo.  It should be either a solid color, a solid print, or music-related.  Emo is a music genre, after all.
• Studded Belt:  Another must for this style of dress  Feel free to get any color or width, and feel free to add a buckle with brass knuckles or a nautical star.  Hell, get anything with brass knuckles or nautical stars.
• Optional Additions:  If you don't flat iron or dye your hair, you should for an authentic emo look.  A chunk of blonde and stick straight hair falling into your face are key. Black eyeliner also makes a great addition when you want to dress emo, as does a houndstooth scarf.