morbid & shallow: fairytale

Monday, May 14, 2012

the happiest day of my life: 2011 edition

There's just something about wedding gown photography. The dark eye makeup? The facial expressions hovering somewhere between fear and loathing? The decrepit locations? Is there something about weddings that just causes our minds to linger on evil spirits? Dress like your bridesmaids to confuse evil spirits. Carry the bride across the threshold to ward off evil spirits. Marry on the right day of the week to avoid evil spirits. Tie cans to the car to scare away evil spirits. Wear a veil to disguise yourself from evil spirits. And so on. There is a virtually bottomless well of evil spirits waiting to set upon you on your special day.

A while ago I showed some 1967 takes on the wedding dress. Christo's concept (a woman lashed to an immense object using white silk ropes) in particular seemed a tad political. The dresses from 2011 below, on the other hand, look a lot like little girl fantasy fairytale wedding gowns. Notably, fairy tales are getting back to their gruesome roots these days. Please enjoy.

Consider the evil spirits confused.

I'm not saying that this photo shoot for Vogue Italia by Paolo Roversi is intended for a wedding spread, but there are really only just so many events in a lady's life where she's going to be wearing a white, jewel-crusted, floor length gown with a lacy headpiece.

Besos! -Skyler

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meditation on shadows

Power resides only where men believe it resides... A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

I do admit to reading all 5,000+ pages of the A Song of Fire and Ice Series, but I'm not looking to get into it here. Check out these beautifully haunting images from Vogue Italia of Laura Stone being menaced by shadows of monsters, poisons, and prickly plants. Simultaneously fairy tale, sci-fi, and high fashion, I approve.