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Mary Vetsera’s sheer black nightgown from Mayerling. Designed by Nicholas Georgiadis.

Row 1: Sarah Lamb, Melissa Hamilton, and Mara Galeazzi.

Row 2: Lauren Cuthbertson, Alessandra Ferri, and Melissa Hamilton.

Row 3: Viviana Durante, Alina Cojocaru, and Tamara Rojo.

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cesare borgia & vanozza cattaneo in the borgias (2011-2013) - requested by anonymous

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heaven gaia spring/summer 2021 couture

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THE DUCHESS (2008) Director: Saul Dibb

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Thomas Sully (detail)

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Photographed by Jacob Lillis for Simone Rocha S/S 2021

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Stéphane Rolland Fall 2017 Couture

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Alexis Mabille Spring 2022 Couture

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Elizabeth Taylor as a Masked Courtesan in Anne of The Thousand Days (1969)

She was paid $46 to appear in a cameo role as a masked courtesan. She really only appeared in the film in order to keep an eye on her husband, Richard Burton, and the French actress, Genevieve Bujold, as she suspected he was having an affair. There was much speculation about such an affair, but the truth of it is still unknown. [ x ]

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Paolo Sebastian “Reverie” fall 2017 couture collection

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Xavier Dolan, photographed by Shayne Laverdière for Candy Magazine, 2013.

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Women in History: JEANNE D’ARC (1412-1431)

Joan of Arc was born in 1412 Domremy, France. Legend says that she was born to auspicious signs held to be a forecast of national triumph. However, what is more certain is that her family were poor and her region had suffered from the long conflict between England and France.

From the age of 12 she began to have mystical visions. In these visions she said she felt the voice of God commanding her to renew the French nation. Initially Joan did not tell others about her visions and inner commandments but in May 1428 the divine messages urged her to seek an audience with Charles de Ponthieu currently an ineffective and relatively weak leader of the French.

Under Charles de Ponthieu the French were without direction and without a real leader. When Joan of Arc came to the court she overwhelmed Charles with her passion and conviction. It is quite remarkable that this 17 year old peasant girl was, as a consequence, given control over an army and allowed to lead them into battle. Within a year Joan of Arc had led the French army to victories at Orleans, Patay and Troyes. Many other towns were also liberated from English control and it allowed a triumphal entry into Dauphin for the coronation of King Charles VII on 17 July 1429.

Joan heard that the city of Compiegne was under attack by the Burgundians. She took a small force to help defend the city. With her force under attack outside the city, the drawbridge was raised and she was trapped. Joan was captured and later sold to the English.

The English held Joan as prisoner and gave her a trial to prove that she was a religious heretic. They questioned her over the course of several days trying to find something that she had done that deserved death. They couldn’t find anything wrong with her except that she had dressed as a man. They said that was enough to deserve death and announced her guilty. Joan was burned alive at the stake at the age of 19.