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A vanity detail from a bridal shoot at <n>The Historic Bembridge House</n>. Photo by <n>Katch Silva</n>.

A 15th-century linen bra discovered at <n>Lengberg Castle</n> in Austria. Photo by <n>Marion Tausch</n>.

The <n>underwater knee socks</n> sword designed by <n>NAOKI</n> for <n>Gelée Magazine</n>.

The <n>Armor Handbag</n> by <n>Alexander McQueen</n> from the Autumn/Winter 2007 collection.

Cover art for <n>Joe Fujinoki</n>'s album, <n>Watering the Steel Flowers</n>.

A portrait of the horse <n>I-Don Malagueno</n>.

Model <n>Georgia Palmer</n> in <n>Gareth Pugh</n>'s Spring 2021 <n>The Reconstruction</n> collection. Photo by <n>Nick Knight</n>.

Photograph of <n>Dew</n> (c. 1905) by <n>Wilson Bentley</n>.

<n>Prada</n> Fall/Winter 1997 campaign photographed by <n>Steven Meisel</n>.

A <n>Helmet (zischägge) for a Winged Hussar</n> from the <n>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</n>, c. 1700-1750.

Cover art for <n>osmkapo</n>'s 2020 single, <n>Put Me To Sleep</n>.

A 14th-century English devotional panel depicting <n>Thomas, Earl of Lancaster</n>, from the <n>Museum of London</n>.

A portrait of <n>Saint Clare of Assisi</n>.

<n>Balenciaga</n>'s <n>Chevalier Armor Knight Boots</n> from the <n>Fall 2021 collection</n>, designed by <n>Demna Gvasalia</n>.

<n>Alexandre Vauthier</n> for <n>Vogue Hong Kong</n>'s <n>Armour of Couture</n> editorial, shot by <n>Szilveszter Makó</n>.

A look from the <n>Paco Rabanne</n> Fall/Winter 2017 collection by <n>Julien Dossena</n>.

Sickle with a roebuck antler handle and copper oak leaf details by <n>Forest and Forge</n>.

Cover art for the 2016 album <n>Sex</n> by <n>King Dude</n>. Photo by <n>Angel Ceballos</n>.

A photograph associated with the <n>Fairy Grunge</n> aesthetic.

A detail from <n>Lucas Cranach the Elder</n>'s painting, <n>Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief</n>, c. 1530.

Detail from <n>Young Man Holding a Book</n> by <n>Master of the View of Saint Gudula</n>, ca. 1480.

The <n>La Pythie</n> sculpture by <n>Adèle d'Affry</n> inside the <n>Palais Garnier</n>, designed by <n>Charles Garnier</n>.

The <n>Beaded Bale Bag</n> by <n>J.Kim</n> from the Spring/Summer 2023 collection.

<n>Balenciaga</n> <n>Armor Boots</n> from the Fall 2021 collection, designed by <n>Demna Gvasalia</n>.