dark romanticism

these looks made me want to curl up next to the fireplace and recite edgar allen poe over a steaming cup of heavy hot chocolate and fluffy clouds of candle smoke. it's 72 degrees here in california so i decided to lay out by the pool instead.

bloodstain reds, mixing and matching lace with sheer, layers and layers of darkness, off-white blouses, florals against black, combining the femme fatale frill with the masculine blazer, gold vintage jewelry and buckled ankle boots. alexa chung and dree hemingway read herman melville together, decide to have a goth baby and name it taylor momsen. something along those lines.