Why do goths wear black?
In alt.gothic, Jen Radon contributed, “There are many things. It’s classy and almost always appropriate dress for any social occasion. It’s the absence of color. It’s the color of nightmares and shadows and other places people don’t usually like to exist. It’s the color of the mysteries. It’s the color of grief. It’s the color of the infinite night sky. It’s easy to hide in, to be unoticed. It doesn’t tend to show dirt, and it’s the uniform for Ninja warriors.” I guess that’s the romantic view of it. Another more clinical answer is that all subcultures have their distinguishing characteristics which make their identities known. The Raver has the classic baggy wide-bottomed trousers (said to be worn to let heat dissipate during raves, but, it doesn’t explain why you see them worn around the city in Winter), the Punk has the torn trousers and grotty jacket (supposedly because they “don’t care ’bout nuffink”) and the Rockerbilly has their slicked-back hair and equally polished leatherwear
