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.
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...
Firefly Path and Fancy Fairy Wings & Things Garb the Midsummer...
In a flash of light, Titania’s court arrives, all berry-stained lips and shimmering wings. Their gowns are gossamer and diaphanous, their eyelids drooping languidly...
Fairy Tale Bride
A few months ago, we received an email from Kamilla Mai, who owns the bridal shop Eventyrbruden (or “fairy tale bride”) in Oslo, Norway....
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...
Venturing into the Countryside
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THE SEAMSTRESS OF ROHAN
If you try to imagine what life was like for a woman in the early 19th century, Jane...
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...
The Night Goddess
The Night Goddess Elven Corset Dress, by Ukranian designer Alisa Perova of Alice Corsets, caused a sensation when she debuted it on social media,...
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...
Summer Witch Hat Tips
Now that the weather’s warm and we’re trading in our felted, velveteen, and otherwise weather-inappropriate headwear for straw …. we thought we might need...