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Day Dress

c. 1837-1840

printed challis and lined with glazed cotton and linen from Great Britain

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)

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Rubens Vase (4th century CE) — Carved from a single piece of chalcedonic agate, the vase was created for a Byzantine emperor. Delicate vine stocks, satyr-head handles and the grinning Pan in relief enhance the waxy luster, the translucency and the warm honeyed hues of the agate.

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HK: Hentai Kamen (2013)

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Vanessa Demouy @ Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Spring/Summer, 1996 Ready-to-Wear

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Dress, 1897–1898

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Merrybells, also known as large bellwort, Uvularia grandiflora, in the garden right now. It’s native to the eastern US but I’ve only seen other species of this genus in the wild here.

The leaves behind it are a cut leaf coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata.

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Uptown Girls (2003)

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Dress

Roberto Cavalli, 2007

The Victoria & Albert Collection

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Issy Wood

“Pharmacy for Idiots” at Rob Tufnell”

[source, contemporary art daily]

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Melanie Capitte for Eckō Red, 2000s 

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Yves Saint Laurent - Fall 2000 Couture

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Portlandia

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Antiques Roadshow

Appraisal: Costume Jewelry Hat, ca. 1950

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Scorned (1993)

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Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, 1590-95

Nicholas Hilliard

Watercolour and bodycolour on velum, laid on card

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Hanging on a branch of the nearest tree in the inner right hedge is a pair of scales. Suspended from the left arm is a globe or a cannon ball balanced by a feather on the longer right arm. Near the feather is the Italian word ―TANTI.