Raven Morgan Leigh

A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022) — Season 1 Episode 8

One of the leading figures on the Paris social scene – not only for her rank and sovereign elegance, but also for her culture and intelligence – Comtesse Greffulhe was a significant source of inspiration for Marcel Proust, who used her as the model for the Duchesse de Guermantes in Remembrance of Things Past. She was also the cousin of Robert de Montesquiou, who drew on her for some of his poems, including a sonnet whose closing line Beau lis qui regardez avec vos pistils noirs ('Beautiful lilies gazing with your black pistils') doubtless refers to this dress. The bertha collar, whose original form was altered, certainly during its owner's lifetime, could be turned up to form bat's wings; a bat being Montesquiou's emblematic animal, making this a true dress-poem.

Denée Benton as Peggy Scott in S2E07 of THE GILDED AGE

Severino Baraldi

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Zelda and Link as "The Shadow" (1909), Edmund Blair Leighton

the feminine urge - the last dinner party

serena williams for vogue. 2003.

EWAN MITCHELL as AEMOND TARGARYEN | House of the Dragon S2E4

P.S. My mom told me she looks like a historical Tinkerbell and now I can't stop thinking about it lol

Elizabeth of York, fashion character design. Mourning outfit, c. 1482.

The fleur-de-lys on the dress make me think of the moment when Elizabeth was engaged to Charles, the Dauphin of France.

the white queen ten year anniversary: twq characters + ruelle songs