Secrets & Seduction: The Art and History of Desire

In 1952, a modest Japanese pulp magazine changed the history of erotic art – not with a scandal, but with a knot. Kitan Club, first published […]

Paris, 1930s. Somewhere between Montmartre’s ateliers and the city’s dimly lit studios, a brand emerged that had little to do with comfort and everything to do […]

Some photographers searched for beauty. Henri Oltramare searched for contradiction. Active in France during the 1890s, Oltramare belongs to the silent prehistory of fetish photography. Before […]

You stare at those photographs — grainy, faded, dead-eyed women frozen in time – and you think: How beautiful. How timeless.Shut up. That ain’t art. That’s […]

There’s something far more dangerous than nudity: being almost naked – and knowing it. A sheer slip that clings just a little too closely. A strap […]

“Voyeurism” sounds dirty, even though it’s technically neutral. It means getting sexual pleasure from watching, often secretly, often without touching. But the truth is, as psychoanalysis […]

Before the word “influencer” existed, before anyone talked about personal brands or emotional labor, there was the courtesan. She moved through rooms like a question no […]

Before fashion became fast and filters replaced presence, there were women who curated themselves like artworks. They weren’t wives.They weren’t prostitutes.They were courtesans – and everything […]