'tis the fairy

tired ghoul. too old to be here. covered in cobwebs. ask

[nocnitsa]

Alexander Rothaug

[rivercreature]

[eatyourcandyfloss]

Mia Goth for W Magazine Performance Issue 2026

[greengableslover]

THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) dir. Agnieszka Holland + gothic vibes (requested by anonymous)

[ikimonoo]

[louisegluck]

May Sarton, from Recovering: A Journal

[plasmalogical]

lets start wearing cloaks and swords again. its time

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

Engraving from an early 17th century title page - 1607 

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

[Sold]

[feetfricker]

florence welch for elle magazine russia photography by ina lekiewicz styled by ekaterina mukhina hair and makeup by leigh keats and sarah freyton

[silverscreen-andfashion]

LAUREN BACALL as Vivian Rutledge

The Big Sleep (1946)

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

"My dark and lovely thing,"

~ Charles Baudelaire, "Remorse Too Late" from The Flowers of Evil (transl. George Dillon & Edna St. Vincent Millay)

[mermaidenmystic]

Soul of the Seas by Sasha Key of SashaArtGallery

[naldibutnice]

Marion Davies by Alfred Cheney Johnston

[frostedmagnolias]

Beaded and Sequined Silk Dress

1920s

Whitaker Auction

[mermaidenmystic]

Mermaids and Sea Nymphs by Eric Pape (American artist, 1870-1938)

[classicalcanvas]

Lilac Irises (1917) by Claude Monet

[oldpaintings]

A Young Lady of Fashion, 1460s attr. Paolo Uccello (Italian, 1397–1475)