A Message From Sherry L. Ross
We hope you're having a gorgeous Wednesday! We wanted to make your afternoon slightly more gorgeous with this sweet missive from our friend Sherry L....
Mirror Masquerade
Photography by
THE WITCHING HOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Model: Kassi Stein Gown: El Costurero Real
She was raised knowing what decadence was. It surrounded her in the form of ...
The Eternal Feminine of The Damned
Imagine this: A nubile dancer named Salome struts before a lustful king. She wields her bejeweled half-dressed body like a weapon. Her desire? To...
Are You Ready for Decadence?
Feature Image:
Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in “Chilpéric” (1895–96), by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Truth with a capital T is dead—let’s get that carcass out of...
The Decadent, Dangerous Mr. Wilde
Portrait of Oscar Wilde (1882), by Napoleon Sarony
IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo
If we were in Paris (we really should be in Paris!), I...
“An Orgy of Candy Gluttony”
A Cup of Chocolate (1844), by Charles Beranger
© Christie's Images / Bridgeman Images
At nine o’clock the next morning his servant came in with a...
Fairy Tales and Decadence
BY SARA CLETO AND BRITTANY WARMAN
Illustration: The Nightingale from Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (1911), by Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban
Despite their reputation for...
Aubrey Beardsley and the Weight of Decadence
The Peacock Skirt (1893), by Aubrey Beardsley
If you’re anything like me, you might have increased in mass over the past eighteen months. While the...
The Portals of Tartae Saga by Marcia Soligo
We wanted to tell you about Brazilian authoress Marcia Soligo's stunning The Portals of Tartae saga. First is The Land with the Two Moons, which was released...
Falling Through Time
This collection of poetry is about time and consciousness. In one way, time is merely a human construct that does not exist except as...