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Cover art for <n>Kiss Facility</n>'s EP <n>Esoteric</n>. Photo by <n>Erika Kamano</n>, styling by <n>Eve Chen</n>.

A macro photograph of a <n>Peacock butterfly wing</n>. Photo by <n>Getty Images</n>.

Look 26 from the <n>Olivier Theyskens</n> Fall 1998 Ready-to-Wear collection. Photo by <n>Condé Nast Archive</n>.

A colorful cluster of <n>Microporus mushroom</n>, shared by <n>Kitten Grayson Flowers</n>.

<n>untitled (butterfly)</n> by <n>Tyler Mitchell</n>, 2019.

A look from the <n>Dilara Fındıkoğlu</n> Spring/Summer 2018 collection with hair by <n>Tomihiro Kono</n>.

A look from <n>Alexander McQueen</n>'s Fall 1998 collection, titled "<n>Joan</n>."

Digital collage by <n>Robin Isely</n> based on a detail from <n>Hans Memling</n>'s c. 1480 painting, <n>Man of Sorrows</n>.

Model <n>Gemma Ward</n> for <n>Alexander McQueen</n>'s Fall/Winter 2006 collection in Paris.

<n>Winged ensemble</n> from <n>Alexander McQueen</n>'s Spring/Summer 1999 <n>No. 13</n> collection.

<n>Shaun Leane</n>'s <n>Spine Corset</n> for <n>Alexander McQueen</n>, S/S 1998. Photo by <n>Chris Moore</n>.

Photograph <n>Wet Glacial Stones</n> by <n>Brenda Tharp</n>.

The illustration <n>Chinese Mantis Fairy</n> by artist <n>Malina Dowling</n>.

<n>Trespasser</n> from <n>Zhong Lin</n>'s <n>Project 365</n> series.

Detail of the <n>Dragonfly Wing Print Bodycon Dress</n> from <n>McQ</n>.

Photo of <n>Maggie Maurer</n> by <n>Emre Ünal</n> for <n>Dry Clean Only</n>.

Detail from <n>Piero di Cosimo</n>'s '<n>Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci</n>,' c. 1490.

An <n>Aporrhais pespelecani</n> seashell from Portugal, 2005. Photo by <n>George Bazios</n>.

The interior of <n>Les Bains</n> hotel in Paris, designed by <n>RDAI</n> in 2015. Photo by <n>Michel Denancé</n>.

A feather headpiece from <n>Alexander McQueen</n>'s Spring/Summer 2010 <n>Plato's Atlantis</n> collection.

A dress from the <n>NORSOYAN</n> <n>Angel of Light</n> collection, 2019. Photo by <n>Dasha Yastrebova</n>.

Close-up of a <n>Dragonfly wing</n>. Photo by <n>Kelly Rebar</n>.

An illustration from the 1993 children's book <n>Stellaluna</n> by artist <n>Janell Cannon</n>.