Le Chevalier aux fleurs (1894), **Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse

Editor’s Letter

A few caveats and preambles on Aesthetics and Cores and other internet nonsense.

La belle dame sans merci (1901), Frank Dicksee

The Pre-Rafaelites: our Medievalist Brethren

The Internet’s (aesthetic girlies, drivers of our culture) favourite movement.

Promotional image for the iconic lipstick (via Harper’s Bazaar).

Blake Honie

How is this lipstick a Medievalist (rather than Medieval) icon? And where did its popularity come from anyways?

Lil Nas X at the 2021 Met Gala in his best most fashionable C3P0 cosplay.

High Fashion Armeur

It’s not just for guys anymore! It’s mainly for Zendaya.

Can you guess the 70s anthem from its Bardcorified tumbnail? From Hildegard von Blingin' rendition.

Bardcore: The Dancing Plague of 1518 is BRAT

Going back to the club in the age of The Plague.

Henning: THEE princess hat

It’s the latest hat craft fad (say that ten times fast).

A collection of Tiffanys (not to be confused with a Tiffany’s (r) collection)

The 'Tiffany' Problem

Oh my God you guys am I totally freaking out or is this not the most tubular name ever?

Maybe the most iconic meme to come out of the Codex Manesse.

Where to Read Manuscripts Online

Get your memes while they’re fresh!!

Fiona Apple captured by Joe McNally in 1999 on the New York Subway, anachronistically.

'and now I know how Joan of Arc felt…'

The enduring influence of Catholicism’s most beloved teen girl.

Errol Flynn proudly swashbuckling in his Lincoln Green tights in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).

Men in Tights: ‘We’re butch!’

Like a proper yé-yé girl.

This one is from ZARA but in the name of sustainability (which is very Medieval) you shouldn’t, the trend will die anyways.

Basque Waists and Boho Belts: it’s all in the hips

The drop low waist trend

A collage of (mostly 90s) whimsigoth icons by pippabarclay on pinterest.

Whimsigoth

A 90s twist on the medieval and the new age and the witchy and the goth.

Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951), showing the vibrancy of Technicolor (r) in all it’s beauty.

Medieval Technicolor

The inspiration for every beautiful gown that came after, in glorious Technicolor (r).

One of the first collages that appear when you pinterest “romantasy collage aesthetic” by Noemie Reignoux.

Romantasy

The defining literary trend of the (early) (20)20’s, with a distinct High Fantasy flavour.

‘The fashion designer Paco Rabanne with a young cover-girl, Corinne Piccoli. He was carrying out a demonstration of metal-cutting in front of her.’ (via Getty)

Paco Rabanne: chainmail visionary

Knight in Shining Space-Age metalwork.

Joshua Sasse as the titular Galavant in a promotional image doing a silly one.

Celebrating ten years of Galavant

An incredibly self-indulgent article in this fake magazine because it’s my favourite medieval parody and should be a cult classic.

[Editor’s Letter](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Editor-s-Letter-1a325ddfbcd5801f94b4e8ddd2abb01b>)

[Where To Read Manuscripts Online](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Where-To-Read-Manuscripts-Online-1a325ddfbcd58035a9d9efa640d18240>)

[Medieval Technicolor](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Medieval-Technicolor-1a925ddfbcd58090a156f2ce91e151e8>)

[Celebrating ten years of Galavant](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Celebrating-ten-years-of-Galavant-1ed25ddfbcd58048845ce011bb2a83e8>)

[‘and now I know how Joan of Arc felt…’](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/and-now-I-know-how-Joan-of-Arc-felt-1ed25ddfbcd580e48b23c3c611331994>)

[Romantasy](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Romantasy-1ed25ddfbcd580c989b3df07d5e95520>)

[Wimsigoth](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Wimsigoth-1f025ddfbcd580d7bdc7d238d9ff7444>)

[The ‘Tiffany’ Problem](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/The-Tiffany-Problem-1ef25ddfbcd58090ad70e805db70e8a7>)

[Blakke Honie](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Blakke-Honie-1ee25ddfbcd5805fab57fabba50f634a>)

[High Fashion Armeur](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/High-Fashion-Armeur-1ed25ddfbcd580d38e28d22ed445516e>)

[The Pre-Raphaelites: our Medievalist Brethren](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/The-Pre-Raphaelites-our-Medievalist-Brethren-1ed25ddfbcd580c9b91bed2e9f7c4d78>)

[Basque Waists and Boho Belts: it’s all in the hips](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Basque-Waists-and-Boho-Belts-it-s-all-in-the-hips-1ed25ddfbcd580ca9190d2933262fbfd>)

[Men in Tights: ‘We’re butch!’](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Men-in-Tights-We-re-butch-1ed25ddfbcd5802fbfebd32aaa7bd13a>)

[Paco Rabanne: Chainmail Visionary](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Paco-Rabanne-Chainmail-Visionary-1ee25ddfbcd58048aad8dc3973b7f042>)

[Bardcore: The Dancing Plague of 1518 is BRAT](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Bardcore-The-Dancing-Plague-of-1518-is-BRAT-1ed25ddfbcd5803ab98ed82bb5ffae18>)

[Henning: THEE princess hat](<https://young-ladybug-0fc.notion.site/Henning-THEE-princess-hat-1f125ddfbcd580f782a6d7c7b15bdb35>)