cri de coeur

"She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris." 

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

(mike worrall, "le grand tour la mer")

(john singer sargent, "madame x")

(eugène atget)

(marjorie miller, "queen of the night" tatler 1931)

(galliano)

(albert maignan)