stream of consciousness

Cher, 1970s

The Topeka State Journal, Kansas, May 23, 1896

This beautiful flower mantis was found in Nkutu Valley on Sunday. Experts said she looked like a pregnant female as you could see her broadening frilled edged belly beginning to extend sideways. She loves to hunt bees that visit the flowers of herbs such as purple and rose pelargonium, she sits at flowers and catches bees with her camouflage.

Edwige Feuillère in Olivia (1951) directed by Jacqueline Audry

In the nave of the Sansevero Chapel in Naples is the Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino. This is a sculpture of Jesus after his crucifixion, lying on his back, covered with a thin shroud edged with intricate embroidery. The shroud, although carved from the same marble slab as the statue is so transparent and thin, you can make out the tiniest details in the sculpture such as the nail holes in his feet and hands, his ribs, a swollen vein in his forehead, and his facial expression. Some claim that the shroud was created from alchemy.

Release from Deception (Il Disinganno), produced in 1752-1759, shows a fisherman being released from a net by an angel. The masterpiece was carved from a single piece of marble and can be seen in Cappella Sansevero, Naples. The ambitious project was considered by some to be impossible to complete, and only Francesco agreed to attempt it.” (Wikipedia, “Francesco Queirolo”)

Designer Kate Hawley Talks The Menacing Beauty of Crimson Peak’s Victorian Costumes

Costume Design by Milo Anderson

“ - Oh Darling, save the last dance for me”

Katharine Hepburn as Amazon warrior princess Antiope & Colin Keith-Johnston as Theseus in stage production of The Warrior’s Husband (1932) (Corbis)

We have no way of knowing what she really was, and we cant really ascribe an identity to her, but she had relationships with men and women and wanted pretty much nothing to do with womanhood in her private life. Being non straight and/or not cis in Hollywood, especially back then, was such a minefield to navigate, and there was virtually no language to express yourself if your identity was anything other than gay or straight cis person, and even the term ‘lesbian’ wasnt used as often as youd think.

Mhmm this though

Céline Sciamma on creating a new first kiss

Georges Rochegrosse, Le Chevalier aux Fleurs (The Knight of the Flowers) (detail) (1894), oil on canvas

Fendi’s 90th anniversary show held at the Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi), Rome, last summer. The show’s inspiration came from the work of the Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen, and the collection of norse fairytales known as “East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, 1914. Sadly, the talented Kay Nielsen died poor and in obscurity in 1957, while his dreamy, delicate and intricate illustrations have regained popularity these recent years. Nielsen’s work belongs to what’s called as the “golden age of illustration”, that is the early 20th century.

Réunis. Guillaume Seignac (French, 1870–1924) 

Xena and Gabrielle (American, 1996)

Zuhair Murad S/S 2020 Couture

Lithography

Very proud to present this little piece I’ve been working on for my pattern portfolio. Hope you guys like it :)!

Dita Von Teese on the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier in 2014