Bela Lugosi as Jesus Christ on stage in Hungary. 1909.

Maboroshi Hakurankai in Shizuoka, Japan

The kanji say “beautiful legs shrine”

HR Giger by Camille Vivier

pierrot, pierrot

by DAVID ARNOFF

Betsey Johnson - Fall 1995 RTW

Decoration for a Parfumery Shop - Jaques Carlu architect, Natacha Carlu painter. 1928

Segundo De Chomón  - “L'Araignée d'Or/The Golden Spider” (1908).

French vintage postcard, illustrated by Ernest Gayac

Forbidden Fruit (1921)  

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Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Cinematographers: Karl Struss & Alvin Wykoff

Performers: Agnes Ayres & Forrest Stanley

Costumes: Natacha Rambova (with Mitchell Leisen)

The Magician (1926) Dir. Rex Ingram

Adolf Höfer, Cover for Jugend, 1898

Vintage 1920′s Italian Postcard.

Biba - Victoriana bathroom Steve Thomas early 1970s

‘Biba was a product and symptom of postwar consumer society. In an overwhelmingly corporate world, it was an experiment and, more significantly, an experience that will never be repeated.’ —  Barbara Hulanicki (via)