[girlsinleatherpants]

[myblessedwedding]

alexander mcqueen rosary heel spring/summer 2003

[xanaxfarts]

Gothic Yohji Yamamoto: Vampire Fang Ring (2021) crafted from sterling silver

[miusejournal]

‘For Crying Outloud’ by Richie Talboy for Highsnobiety ‘Beauty’ Issue (2023)

[productomag]

shirley mallmann photographed by ellen von unwerth for cesare paciotti spring 1997

[venusimleder]

Cesare Paciotti, A/W 1999.

Ph. Terry Richardson

[jinxproof]

Milla Jovovich, 1999 | © Mark Seliger

[vampira-carmilla]

Vampire fashion by DevilInspired.

[a-state-of-bliss]

Rib Cage Corset by Nona Limmen

[toiich]

Fascination (1979), dir. Jean Rollin

[lamignonette]

[wulfhalls]

everyone should suck park chan wooks dick forever for this image alone. tbh

[milksockets]

'donyale luna in courrèges's waffle-patterned organza jumpsuit from 1968' in radical rags: fashions of the sixties - joel lobenthal (1990)

[thecrownedgoddess]

Yet, there’s a quiet kind of loneliness in all this. To hunger for minds that meet yours fully, fiercely, and without flinching, is to be reminded, often, of their rarity. It’s not just about being understood; it’s about being engaged, challenged, and courted in the language of thought. Intellectual intimacy isn’t always easy to find, but it’s even harder to sustain. Sometimes it feels like you’re always one layer too deep for the room, waiting for someone who won’t flinch at the weight of your references or the vulnerability of your curiosity.  To crave that kind of communion is to live slightly haunted, and it sustains my fascination with ghosts, as I’m always searching for the next mind that might see me, really see me, beneath the surface of my words.

Helen Higgins, The Erotics of Intelligence

[brownleavesgreysky-deactivated2]

Algerian women photographed by Marc Garanger, 1960s.

[teenagedirtstache]

L'Uomo Vogue October 2003 photos Michel Comte fashion editor Robert Rabensteiner

[holykrampus]

A Russian believer plunges himself into the freezing waters of an ice hole in the shape of a crucifix