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Valentino Spring 2012 Couture 

‘Rêverie” (detail) by Guillaume Seignac (1870-1924).

John Collier Lady Godiva, 1898.

“Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin” (1908) (detail) by Caspar Ritter (1861-1923).

Elizabeth Ann Haryett, by Henriette Jacotte Cappelaere, 1850 (detail)

Water Lilies, 19th Century. Detail.

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Portrait of Isabella of Portugal (details) | Titian | 1548

Fallen Angel ~ by Alexandre Cabanel…

Dior HC S/S 1998

Jean Paul Gaultier HC S/S 1998

Ottoman set of damscened calligrapher’s tools, 19th c. CE.

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Russian headdresses, 15th-19th c. Venets, Povyazka, Kika, Soroka.

The Amour of Armor.

Painting originally in an Iranian story-book.

Replica Headpiece 1850s-1890s. Made by Tatiana Val’kova

vlada roslyakova shot by patrick demarchelier for vogue paris

Edgar Maxence - Sérénité - 1912

via my-museum-of-art

The following pieces of morbid art are by Nicola Samori, a 35 year old Italian artist. He says “My work stems from fear: fear of the body, of death, of men. I think my nature as an artist is something like feeling hopeless. Works are just temporary shelters and painting is a leisure place where you can conceal yourself.”

I love the Medicis so much because they all look so shady and cynical

honestly

they know they’re better than you.

Icon-style painting of Saint Alexandra Ascending into Heaven, by Briullov.  The saint was depicted with the features of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia.