paeoniaceae

[c0ssette]

John William Godward,Mischief and Repose (detail)1895.

[wehadfacesthen]

English ballerina Margot Fonteyn, 1939, when she was prima ballerina of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (which became The Royal Ballet in 1956)

[modelsof-color]

Assa Baradji by Songyi Yoon for Vogue Korea - December 2018.

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“My beauty, the corpse I carry inside me.”

— Maria Polydouri, tr. by Manolis Aligizakis, from “Party,” wr. c. July 1928

[runwaydoll]

Sonia Rykiel SS03

[gatabella]

Stars + Ballet

Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Dorothy Dandridge, Audrey Hepburn, Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Bardot, Marlene Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, Jane Fonda

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“The infinite rush for invisible splendors, intangible delights—”

— Arthur Rimbaud, from Poems & Prose; “Bargains Sold,” wr. c. 1878

[notordinaryfashion]

Christian Dior Haute Couture 1997 -John Galliano’s one of the pieces from his first collection for the House of Dior.  

[the-original-supermodels]

Model: Karen Elson

[nevahosking]

Bought a sketchbook to get back into the habit of drawing faces again 📓✏️

[hirxeth]

아가씨 (The Handmaiden) 2016, dir. Park Chan-wook

[lelaid]

Helena Christensen at Chanel Haute Couture F/W 1991

[the-original-supermodels]

Lonneke Engel (1996)

[achasma]

Nicolás de Tolentino (detail) by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, 1601.

[lettersfromadreamgirl]

the introduction page in Solitude & the Sea

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You touch me without touching me.

I love you - 4/10/14 (1:40 A.M.)

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You touch me without touching me.

I love you - 4/10/14 (1:40 A.M.)

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