Rainbow Curve Corsetry
“This piece was inspired by the old chestnut tree out in front of my cottage. The moist Irish weather forms the perfect climate for...
Music In Their Hands And Magic In Their Eyes
A cornerstone of gothic is finding beauty in the darkness. There is, after all, much elegance to be found in the macabre. Imagine a delicate footstep cushioned by the loamy soil of a seaside graveyard enshrouded in a cold, billowing mist.
Marriage and Mourning in White and Black (and Eventually Red)
Photography by
ROYA DIAR
Model: Mahafsoun Cape: Costurero Real
Back up a bit (again). We’ve returned to the Middle Ages, and black underwear does not exist yet.
Olde-tyme...
1,600 Years of Gothic Fashion: Unders/Outers
Photography by
VIONA IELEGEMS
Model: Amaranth from the Noble Blood Vampire Chronicles
Anyone who’s worn black for a funeral or white for a wedding. Anyone who’s...
Fall of the Empire: Romanticism Through Dresses
Feature Image:
Dress, circa 1837, American. Silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund.
At the top of the 19th century, the Enlightenment and...
Venturing into the Countryside
Text and Photography by
THE SEAMSTRESS OF ROHAN
If you try to imagine what life was like for a woman in the early 19th century, Jane...
The Divine Feline
Wherever the leopard is known, it has moved the hearts and spirits of those who’ve seen it. With its grace and power, its ability...
Tim Gunn On Mermaid Fashion
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Do you feel that mermaids and mermaidly allure have a place in today’s fashion world?
When we consider the catalysts...
The Alchemy Of Parrish Relics
“Go to nature in all singleness of heart … rejecting nothing, selecting nothing and scorning nothing; believing all things to be right and good,...
The Stitch Witchery of Gibbous Fashions
Selene Ahnese, founder of the company Gibbous Fashions, is a stitch witch. The fabric storyteller is based in Olympia, Washington. She collects scraps of...







































