Canvas sneakers or skate shoes, or other black shoes (often old and beaten up).
Shoes can be Converse, Vans, or any random shoe that is either plaid or just looks emo. The best option, although very common within every group nowadays, are Converse low tops or high tops, in black
If they wear glasses, they will often be nerdy thick, black horn-rimmed glasses.
Backpacks or messenger bags littered with pins from assorted emo bands or bearing anti-establishment, pro-underground slogans.
Fingerless gloves
Odd-coloured stripy socks on girls
Various multicoloured hair clips on girls and even guys
Lots of wristbands, bangles, etc
Tattoos especially the common emo stars
Piercings especially a ring on either side of the lips or snakebites
Stretched ears
As for makeup emo’s tend to accentuate their eyes with black, red, etc eyeliner and eye shadow. Gerard Way is a good example of someone who embraced this technique with cranberry red eyeshadow. Dark nail polish is also a defining factor on both sexes.
