Gilding Primal Instinct: The Executioner

09.05.12

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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Tags: alien beauty, avant-garde, avant-garde goth, black garments, dark romantic, fashion editorial, hauntingly beautiful, jewelry, mystical/feral jewelry, primordial, witchy

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Laura Mulder’s “The Unreal Reality”

08.30.12

This stunningly beautiful, structural collection, entitled The Unreal Reality, was designed by Laura Mulder as her graduation project at the Art Academy of Utrecht in 2011. Modeled by Thiska van den Heuvel and Lara Aimee, photographed by Cor and Leonie Baauw of Local Androids, with hair styling by Jenny Kroese.

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Tags: architectural fashion, avant-garde, avant-garde goth, black garments, conceptual fashion, dark romantic, fashion editorial, high fashion, textured

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Charmaine Olivia Is Fabulous in Black

02.18.12

Artist Charmaine Olivia‘s gorgeous outfit at the opening of her show, Ritual, on January 14th, is an awesome real-life example of a simple but effective look. The black, full-length dress with cutouts in back is from Paprika via ASOS; the look is accented with sterling silver jewelry, including the “Seance” bracelet cuff from Blood Milk, and sets off her tattoos beautifully.

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Tags: black garments, bloodmilk, minimalist, mystical/feral jewelry, sterling-silver jewelry, street fashion, tattoos

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Sorcha O’Raghallaigh’s Fall/Winter 2011 Collection Lookbook

11.10.11

{Designs by Sorcha O’Raghallaigh
Photographed by Saga Sig
Styled by Anna Trevelyan}

Tags: avant-garde goth, black garments, black roses, fashion editorial, flowers in hair, garlands, halo, mystical/feral jewelry, primordial, religious imagery, serpents, spooky animal-themed jewelry, sterling-silver jewelry, tattered, transparency/layering, witchy

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