Midsummer’s Night Dream

AI-generated gown by <n>Elizabeth Elder</n>.

A runway look from the <n>Halston</n> 1998 collection.

Cover art for the 2021 single <n>Mistress Violet</n> by <n>Violet Chachki</n> and <n>Allie X</n>. Art by <n>Franz Szony</n>.

From the <n>Givenchy</n> Fall 1996 Couture collection by <n>John Galliano</n>.

A still from the 1988 film <n>Ashik-Kerib</n>, directed by <n>Sergei Parajanov</n>.

<n>Yasmeen Ghauri</n> in a look from the <n>Christian Dior Spring 1995 Couture Collection</n>.

Image used for the 2017 colloquium <n>Le kitsch : définitions, poétiques, valeurs</n>.

Surrealist photograph <n>The Years Lie in Wait for You</n> (1936) by artist <n>Dora Maar</n>.

Model <n>He Cong</n> channels <n>John Everett Millais</n>' "Ophelia" for <n>Marie Claire China</n>, shot by <n>Leslie Zhang</n>.

<n>Anita Louise</n> as Titania in <n>A Midsummer Night's Dream</n> (1935), wearing a dress by <n>Max Rée</n>.

Actress <n>Aileen Pringle</n> in the 1925 silent film <n>The Mystic</n>. Costume by <n>Erté</n>.

<n>Lotic Shoal</n> (2023) by artist <n>Mary Mattingly</n> from her <n>Night Gardens</n> series.

A still of <n>Claire Danes</n> as Juliet in <n>Baz Luhrmann</n>'s 1996 film, <n>Romeo + Juliet</n>.