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Model <n>Shirley Mallmann</n> for <n>Christian Dior</n> <n>Spring 1998 Couture</n> by <n>John Galliano</n>. Photo by <n>Victor Virgile</n>.

A scene from the 2007 film <n>Atonement</n>.

Photo by <n>양지훈 MILD.MOON</n> for <n>NOWNESS</n>, posted ahead of Earth Day 2022.

<n>Absent Minded✖️</n>, a mixed-media artwork by <n>Shop Visual Dreamz</n>.

Showgirl <n>Sybil Carmen</n> in the <n>Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic</n>, ca. 1915. Photo by <n>Alfred Cheney Johnston</n>.

<n>Uma Thurman</n> as Venus in <n>Terry Gilliam</n>'s 1988 film, <n>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</n>.

<n>Jill Kortleve</n> for <n>Maison Margiela</n> Spring 2024 Couture by <n>John Galliano</n>. Photo by <n>Colette Kanza</n>.

<n>Romantic Encounter</n> (1864) by Hungarian artist <n>Mihály von Zichy</n>.

<n>L'Aurore</n> (1881) by <n>William-Adolphe Bouguereau</n>.

<n>Daria Plotnikova</n> and <n>Юлия</n> for <n>Haze & Glory</n>. Photo by <n>Natalie Karpushenko</n>.

Actor <n>Xin Zhilei</n> photographed by <n>Chen Man</n> for <n>LEON China</n>'s March 2022 issue.

A look from the <n>Mugler Fall 1997 Couture Collection</n>, designed by <n>Thierry Mugler</n>.

"<n>Twins</n>" by photographer <n>Amin Donyadideh</n>, published by <n>Vogue Italia</n> editor <n>Alessia Glaviano</n>.

Model <n>Debra Jo Fondren</n> in the 1970s.

Model <n>Morgane Dubled</n> for <n>Alexander McQueen</n> Spring/Summer 1998. Millinery by <n>Philip Treacy</n>.

<n>Miranda</n> (1895) by <n>Thomas Francis Dicksee</n>, depicting the character from <n>Shakespeare's The Tempest</n>.

<n>Our Time is Fix'd, and all our days are Number'd</n> (c. 1805) by <n>William Blake</n> for <n>Robert Blair</n>'s poem <n>The Grave</n>.