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...
Wilde Hunt Corsetry
Photography: Frank Wiredu
Models: Karisah Brown, Lucia Corsetti, Maryam Jama
Fashion (except white lace gown): Wilde Hunt Corsetry
White lace gown: Style and Salvage
MUA: Ludie Senatus
The influence...
Art Nouveau by Moonlight
As the dawn of a new century approached and cityscapes became grayer, smokier, and increasingly mechanized, a group of artists found themselves yearning for...
Redefining Art Nouveau Style with Firefly Path
We’ve worked with gown designer JoEllen Elam Conway of Firefly Path on several projects—including our summer 2017 cover featuring six luminous fairies garbed in...
Woodland Wonderment: The Enchantment of Ellen Tyn
She strikes an elf-like and enchanting figure on her Instagram, her riotous fluffy mass of sun-blond hair flying behind her as she runs through...