Right: John Galliano / Evening dress and hat / Black silk satin and leather / Fall 2007, France / Lent by John Galliano
John Galliano describes the “Gothic girl” as “edgy and cool, vampy and mysterious.”
Left: Givenchy (Riccardo Tisci) / Evening dress / Black silk jersey / Spring 2007, France / Lent by Givenchy
“Obscurity is vertiginous. . . . When the eye sees black, the spirit sees trouble. . . . In the night, even the strong feel anxious.”
— Victor Hugo, Les Miserables