Is Ukraine prime minister secretly a goth?
This month Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister of Ukraine, claimed victory in Ukraine’s national elections, forming a new coalition government with President Yuchenko. Yulia Tymoshenko was at one time named one of the top 3 most powerful women in the world by Forbes Magazine and could be a serious presidential contender in the year 2010. But the question on the minds of both Tymoshenko fans and detractors is this: behind all the party rhetoric, is there a secret goth agenda? Coilhouse conducted a special investigative report. Our exclusive findings, after the jump.
Our reporters traveled to Ukraine undercover, laboring night and day to bring you the facts. The answer is YES! Or, the same answer, as paraphrased by FOX News: “we report, you decide.” The hard evidence, below.
Before adopting her signature crown-of-braid hairstyle, in 2000 Lady Yu sported jet-black raven locks:
She loves black roses, lace and high collars:
She hangs out with other goths:
But there’s more! Coilhouse has compiled a photo set of Top 20 Tymoshenko looks. Yes, she may occasionally wear pink, but this is just a decoy to fool the mainstream media. We know that she’s a lady after our own heart! For more proof, see below:
- She’s supportive of alternative sexual lifestyles
- She let her daughter marry this guy. Check out their fairytale gothic wedding!
- She signs autographs for her gothic fans
- A Tymoshenko support rally looks like a Laibach concert
- Her “Rise in Rebellion, Ukraine” action was a regular industrial fetish party
Yulia, we love your awesome style! If it doesn’t work out with Ukranian politics, you’re always welcome to write your own “What’s Yu Wearing” column here at Coilhouse.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:03 am
i agree, she looks gothic… haha…”hangout with other goths”
this is very convincing.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:21 am
The third and fourth photos look like stills from a Jean Rollin political thriller.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:44 am
Aw, the laugh I just had!
I’ve always been very fond of her, for some reason. I remember last year in Elle, they calculated the total cost of her Vuitton and co. wardrobe, which was of course rather high.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:09 am
If, for whatever reason, you guys decide to go all ninja in ze Ukraine again, slip her my number, if ye please.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:49 am
nice one! :D
but of course this gives rise to the question: is russia actually a country of goths and industrial/ebm fanatics as evidenced by their clearly goth-like and fetishy folk-look. *g*
October 31st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Ukraine, werewolf, not at ALL the same place as Russia ;)
She does look as if she could dish out some serious discipline. The Laibach-reference is so spot on, thanks for the laugh.
October 31st, 2007 at 1:23 pm
talk about a milf, she doesnt even look old enough to have a daughter of the marrying kinda age
October 31st, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Jeeez, I’d forgotten what it was like to see a world leader get asked for an autograph.
October 31st, 2007 at 3:58 pm
And she looks good with a katana. So, basically, not only is she a goth, she’s a Vampire the Masquerade LARP goth.
Election poster here:
October 31st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Oh my, auto-rendered a smilie in my previous comment…
Thanks for that link, Jason, too funny. Doesn’t it look as if she’s acting? ‘This is me being human and doing human things, are we not all humans? If I cut you, do you not bleed?’. Lovely.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
It does look as if she’s acting, D. Nonetheless it could be nearly convincing.
And for the record, I want her clothes. High collars and lace are my drugs.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:24 pm
she’s what america needs.
November 1st, 2007 at 2:45 am
You hit it on the head, Lauren.
November 1st, 2007 at 2:49 am
Today’s America would not be able to handle a woman like her. :(
November 1st, 2007 at 10:03 am
I never thought I’d even think the words “favorite politician”….
November 1st, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Wicked article! I’ ve always been intrigued by this lady.
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:20 am
If she is secretly a goth, she’s not doing very well at keeping it hidden.
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:55 pm
So weird braided hairdo, third most powerful woman in the world, she’s like some sort of bizarro eastern-european Princess Leia or something
November 5th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
She is Ukrainian, after all. Ukrainians are honorary Goths already, by virtue of their weather and drinks and folk art and traditional fashion!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
YES!!
November 13th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
This makes me giddy. I need to raid her closet.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Hell, I’d have voted for her. You know, if I was a citizen of Ukraine.
Damn my manly Canadian citizenship! Why can’t our PM be this cool?
March 20th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Goth or not, she’s got great style!
my hair isn’t long enough to do that yet…D:
June 20th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Don’t “Yu” just love these Ukrainian women? It must be the country with the most stunning females anywhere. Just a pity so many of them rubbish themselves with prostitusion and internet scams.
November 30th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
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January 18th, 2009 at 2:32 am
Gosh, she is so hot and pretty. This is insane.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Goth or not, she is still hot!
November 27th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
She’s like Eva Peron on… Opium!
We <3 you Yulia!
And tnx for this article… we laughed so super hard!
Brooke
POP INC