Gilding Primal Instinct: The Executioner

Gilding Primal Instinct‘s beautiful F/W 2012 collection The Executioner features blades, gauzy veil-like textures, and alluringly alien metallic masks and headpieces These pieces perfectly embody the mission to “create an aggressive dichotomy between subtle, elegant forms and vicious primal instinct [and] translate practices of ritual adornment into iconic character archetypes.”

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Lookbook Photography: Michael Morrison
Art Direction & Hair: Numi Empire
Model: Alexsandra Dubovskaya
Makeup: Aya Kudo
Product Photography: Danielle Hills
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Tags: alien beauty, avant-garde, avant-garde goth, black garments, dark romantic, fashion editorial, hauntingly beautiful, jewelry, mystical/feral jewelry, primordial, witchy