My empty halls to echo with grand self mythology

I need my golden crown of sorrow, my bloody sword to swing

[gnossienne]

natalie diaz, “manhattan is a lenape word”, postcolonial love poem

[gnossienne]

anne sexton, “the truth the dead know“

[last-angels-death]

[vangoghcore]

by lhackett

[ducissatenebrarum]

Lalique 1902-03 'Dancing Nymphs in a Frame of Bats' Brooch: centering on a carved French artificial ivory plaque, depicting five dancing nymphs in relief, w/in a blue enamel bat frame, mounted in 18k gold.

[metamorphesque]

— Anne Sexton, Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters

[atomic-chronoscaph]

John Astin and Carolyn Jones - The Addams Family (1964)

[electricraccoonincident-deactiv]

– Anne Carson, “Short Talk on Van Gogh”

[la-cocotte-de-paris]

Sylvia Plath in Paris, 1956

[themakeupbrush]

Alexander McQueen Spring 2024

[chicinsilk]

"Ligne Zig-Zag & Envol"

Christian Dior Haute Couture Collection Spring/Summer 1948. Stockings were first highlighted when Christian Dior presented his first collection. The bottoms, which either continued the dress's color palette from hem to ankles or provided a direct contrast, varied in tones from soft peach to inky black. The colors are called “Boulevard Banquet”. Here, a model swirls the skirt of a light blue crepe dress to highlight sheer navy stockings. March 11, 1948.

Christian Dior Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1948. Les bas ont été mis en avant pour la première fois lorsque Christian Dior, a présenté sa première collection. Le bas, qui soit prolongeait la palette de couleurs de la robe de l'ourlet aux chevilles, soit offrait un contraste direct, variait dans des tons allant du pêche tendre au noir d'encre. Les couleurs sont appelées « Boulevard Banquet ». Ici, un mannequin fait tourbillonner la jupe d'une robe en crêpe bleu clair pour mettre en valeur les bas bleu marine transparents. 11 mars 1948.

[verdepaola]

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962), 'Art Deco Lady', Portrait of a French elegant woman.

[mykukula]

[marenostrum-ac-dc]

Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a sphinx, 5th century BC. One of 26 similar pieces discovered in a feminine necropolis ("Demeter's priestess") near Phanagoria, Peninsula of Taman, modern Russia

[bebemoon]

christian dior couture spring 1998, by john galliano. @ paris, opéra garnier .

[flym]

Saved by the Bats by Jon Carling

[clawmarks]

A book of studies in plant form with some suggestions for their application to design - A. E. V. Lilley and W. Midgeley - 1896 - via Internet Archive

[peanutsstudio]