Viktor & Rolf f/w 1999 couture Creative Directors Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren Model Maggie Rizer  Newest Cool on Instagram

vivienne westwood 'sun-wheel' gown, from 'dressing up' collection, autumn 1991-92, “voluminous cut, the white muslin stencilled and printed in red and silver with cherubs, with ruffle to neck edge, full sleeves, tie belt” .

Thierry Mugler’s wedding gown, 1999

Vivienne Westwood gown from SS94 “Café Society” Collection

©Victoria and Albert Museum

velvet, flowers and lace. what could be better?

*chewing on a log* the way we know from how Juri chooses to dress to go to sleep by herself and how she wears the most visible amount of jewelry to a student council meeting where she knows only Miki will show up demonstrates that Juri would actually prefer to have gender presentation more feminine than most other girls. She's not doing it to compensate-- she only does it when she doubts there will be anyone around to see.

In contrast, at Touga's birthday party-- where Nanami, Nanami's cronies, Anthy, and even Utena-- are all wearing formal gowns, Juri is only in her student council uniform. At Nanami's jewelry party, she does wear a necklace specifically to upstage the piece Nanami is celebrating-- but she wears much more jewelry, in a much more ostentatious style, when she's with Miki in the privacy of the student council hangout. If out-showing Nanami was her primary goal, surely it would make more sense for her to go all out at the party. Instead, she wears one necklace--she has an excuse, it's to show up Nanami, she's just the trademark High School Mean Girl Pulling a Stunt, she can get away with one tiny trinket she actually wants to wear without it attracting the attention of men. If she wears a shirt that basically looks like an even plainer version of her student council uniform. If she wears pants exactly like the ones she wears every day, just in a different color. Not gender conforming enough to read as an invitation, not GNC enough to reveal herself by mistake.

She indulges herself with a grand entrance and a new, sparkly necklace at Nanami's party, but she makes a beeline for Miki the second it's over. If any boy saw the brief moment where she allowed herself to show off feeling beautiful and decided it meant he should possess her, maybe he'll assume she's already Miki's property & leave her be.

Juri doesn't change out of her ridiculously feminine, over-the-top nightgown when she goes wandering at night. We see her out roaming the campus in it twice, in two separate locations. There's no reason for her to do that, instead of putting her uniform back on to take her walk.

The moments where we see Juri in the nightgown are all moments where somebody is seeing Juri as her most unguarded, most authentic self-- the audience, Utena, Ruka.

It makes me think Juri decides to wear her nightgown when she goes out, when she thinks enough people will be sleeping to risk it, because she just wants the brief chance to dress like herself in public.

Christian Lacroix Haute Couture 1996.

Ah, before I forget again, I can share the piece I did for @jazzprowl-zine .

My first ever zine contribution, I am so proud~

Stella Tennant by Walter Chin styled by Anna Dello Russo. Vogue Italia August 1995

this is going to be my wedding dress

cate blanchett’s first oscars appearance in 1999

in 1999, cate blanchett was nominated for her first academy award, for playing queen elizabeth I in “elizabeth”.

she wore a dark john galliano gown with butterflies on the back.

Some Beauty and the Beast AU Rinniki!! Actual AU courtesy of noya and beast design courtesy of @posebean

I just like drawing fancy outfits--

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Valentino s/s 1996 couture Creative Director Valentino Garavani Model Nadja Auermann 

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jean paul gaultier 1992