Calanthe's Nightingale

A collection of all things decadent, nostalgic, and beautiful.

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I'm a 24 year old English major from New Jersey, currently finishing up graduate school and pursuing a career as a writer. I originally imagined Calanthe's Nightingale as a fashion inspiration blog, but it's quickly grown to encompass much more. Here, you'll find posts relating to eighteenth and nineteenth century art; historical fashion; baroque, rococo, and Victorian aesthetics; Romantic and Victorian literature, especially Gothic literature; historically inspired fashions and street fashions, such as lolita, dolly kei, mori girl, otome, aristocrat, and dandy fashion; nature; romantic imagery; and occasional bursts of childhood nostalgia. I don't necessarily consider this to be a personal blog; however, since this is the only blog I maintain, you may come across an out-of-theme post every now and then. Also, I do like to post my own artwork here when I'm able to, so the random art musings are to be expected. Find me at: seitou.deviantart.com or visit me on Poupée Girl.

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February 28, 2012

lostsplendor:

By Edward Gorey (via Brain Pickings)

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高校の図書館の、一番奥の一番下の棚にあった絵本。誰がいれたんだろう？
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Hahaha, made my day to see this song in part drawn out.
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this guy makes my list of admirable artists. gorey’s artwork is always a bit spooky and a lot of times deadpan funny, in...
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(Edward Gorey) From my favourite childrens book, which, thankfully, I didn’t know back when I was a neurotic child.
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