Blue aspic opera maniac

Opera, art, photography, fashion, dolls, pastel and black, illustrations and my life.

[enchantedbook]

'The Visit At Moonlight' by Edmund Thomas, 1832

[nobrashfestivity]

Henryk Szczygliński

[1five1two]

'Bedtime'. Nicole Parker. 2021.

[urgetocreate]

Oil on mounted linen

[retro-scifi-and-fantasy-art]

Bernie Wrightson (1948-2017) The Dragon and the Maiden (also known as The Water Dragon) 1978

[geneva-diva]

[7pleiades7]

La Source (The Source) (1893) by Georges Lorin (1850 – 1927), signed bottom left ‘Georges Lorin’, oil on canvas, 36.42 x 29.13 in (92.5 cm x 74 cm), Private Collection

[mermaidenmystic]

La Mariposa (The Butterfly) ~ 1860 ~ Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny (Spanish artist, 1838-1874)

[enchantedbook]

'At the Night Market' by Malene Reynold

[oldpaintings]

The Golden Spindle by Carl Offterdinger (German, 1829--1889)

[achillesinhighheels]

Anok Yai met gala bronze hair look

[omgthatdress]

okay the HAIR is amazing! This whole look is just incredible!

[enchantedbook]

'Undine', Arthur Rackham, 1909.

[vintage-tigre]

Eileen Gu and her iconic Bubble dress at the Met Gala 2026.

The Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier showed off the high-tech Iris van Herpen gown featuring thousands of glass bubbles that released actual bubbles as she walked the red carpet.

Hidden within the garment, microprocessors precisely coordinated the release of pressured gas bubbles, sequenced through a dedicated digital interface and calibrated to operate autonomously. 15 000 hand-formed iridescent glass bubbles were individually bonded in place with UV light, releasing constellations of bubbles that floated into the air.

Music: Herbie Hancock, Bubbles

[thekimonogallery]

“In the Meadow”, by Japanese artist Natsuki Nakamura

[enchantedbook]

Illustration: Harry Clarke (1922) “Les Fées” by Charles Perrault Collection: Histories or Tales of Past Times (1697)

[leselfov]

We Were Kings by chaitdeshphotography  

[oldpaintings]

Nymphea, c.1890 by Arthur Wardle (English, 1864–1949)

[vhagar-balerion-meraxes]

FUNNY FACE (1957)