Eli5: How did the term “Goth” go from Germanic tribes destroying Rome, to the music and fashion we know today?

Question

Eli5: How did the term “Goth” go from Germanic tribes destroying Rome, to the music and fashion we know today?

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Answer 1

Mary Shelly predates the goth rock scene.

She wrote Frankenstein while vacationing at a lakehouse in the early 1800s – to which, she traveled in and dressed daily in attire you would label as “Goth”