Émilie-Louise Delabigne (1848-1910) was a very famous courtesan who was nicknamed “the artist’s union” because so many of her lovers were famous painters. When the author Alexandre Dumas asked to enter her bedroom, she simply replied, "Dear sir, it's not within your means.”
i wish i had a specific time/area of historical fashion to be obsessed with instead of like. all of it. life would be much easier if i could just focus on like 1770s or 1490s but NO. here i am. wanting to know EVERYTHING