In works of art, the adjective macabre means «having the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere». The macabre works to emphasize the details and symbols of death. The term also refers to works particularly gruesome in nature. (Wilkipedia)
The curiosity for the morbid has always been present in human culture,inspired by the Victorian English era, when life expectancy was really short, a whole culture grow around death. Women wore black for years after the death of a loved one and kept in small finely worked medallions known as «Memento Mori» samples of hair, ashes or bones.
Inspired by this ideas of darkness and death, a whole style appears on the catwalks, ranging from the simplest to Haute Couture.
Dress: Terra d’Ombra / T*do Dior
Headpiece: Entice / Cthulu Headpiece black
Shoes: Eclectica/ pizzazz shoes black
Jewels : Troymart/ Gold strapless cross earings
Helen Colter: H2-Cross Gold Chain Diamond Chest
Make up: Venge/ Darkness face smudge make up for Catwa
Body: Maitreya Lara 5.3
Head: Catwa head Kimberly
Skin: *Birth* 3rd Gen «Alura» Tone 3
Hair: Magika/Prudence
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