Fashion's Gnosis

Whilst I take my time with other posts (apologiez for the delay and I realize there are other things people would rather I post on too, I will try to get to them), here's another fashion photography post for you to chew on for the time being. Kicking things off with some recent shoots from the ever illuminating photographer Antonella Arismendi (check her blog to see her interests and the context for the symbolic/mystical photography). The first set is called 'Black Celebration', hence the Baphomet (ram/goat skull, the bull skull [I think it is] I usually regard as a Baphomet invocation but could be Moloch) and black themes ('celebration of evil', also some black/white duality [the guy's trousers + other clothing, the girl's black lipstick, light hair/dark hair etc], mirror duality in the video and a few other things in the set).

Next up is 'Gnosis' (spiritual enlightenment/knowledge; non-ignorant Freemasons, Hermetics, Theosophists etc are practicing brands of Gnosticism), the esoteric symbolism covering the male model representing the 'gnosis'; the spiritual knowledge/enlightenment contained in the gnostic who has attained it. As well as all the usual "Illuminati" symbolism (eye in pyramid, hand of Fatima/Hamsa), their infamous phrase is also (among others) painted on him 'Novus Ordo Seclorum' (New Order of the Ages, the Masonic/Illuminism symbolic seal on the dollar bill with the motto celebrating the new "enlightened/illuminated" Masonic Order that took control of America). The model wears a symbolic mask (black with silver chains + silver pyramid shapes between the eyes) and does various symbolic poses.

2012 is another interest of the photographer which you can see written on the model above, as well as the ancient Sumerian Gods (or the alien creators and slave-masters of humanity, set to return in 2012... or not) the Anunnaki. Obviously there is a lot more there but most is hard to make out (some Kabbalah numerology and whatnot).

Various ritualistic poses are used which most will be familiar with, like the Illuminism symbolic triangle below.

Note the accurate depiction of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, which has been covered in previous posts (also in Antonella's previous shoots there are more Kabbalistic themes in terms of spiritual enlightenment/transcendence, like the Merkabah). Note the symbolic positioning of the central pillar over the spine, the middle pillar representing balance/order in the dualistic universe and our earthly reality (the sephirot Tiferet [mercy, glory, beauty; associated with the spine] is positioned in the middle of the tree, just below and in between Din [overpowering/judgement] and Hesed [kindness/compassion] which are considered opposites that Tiferet links/balances, Hesed being male, Din female). So this probably has a meditative enlightenment meaning also (based on her Merkabah shoot also), hence the symbolic reverse prayer pose (try and do that, impossible!).

Note more masks, with added bunny ears (/horns) giving a Nazi style salute below. Note the crucifix, you can just about make some Hebrew and Hindu Sanskrit (enlightenment, om meditation).

'Age of Aquarius' is the last set I'm covering of Antonella's work here, note all the light worship/Illuminism, including the white pyramids (symbolizing light, the Gnostic trinity, illuminated pyramids). Set in a church for added significance, I think the message being that the Age of Pisces is coming to an end (the Christian establishment love their vesica pisces shaped stuff like in architecture [among other symbolic archways and whatnot], the "Jesus Fish" and such) replaced by the Age of Aquarius in which (from what I understand) the archaic dogmatic religions of the Piscean age make way for more enlightened belief systems and people see what is actually going on in the world. The photographer Antonella Arismendi regards 2012 as being the beginning of the Age of Aquarius (she links to a playlist on the right of the page accompanying the set), though astrology, 2012 and things of that nature are not things I would like to go into they are interesting.

That analysis was quite non-conspiratorial so to bring things back to the higher end of the fashion industry where the work is less overt but more suggestive and hidden (rather than the 'in your face' esoteric themes which pervade Antonella's work), Victoria's Secret recently had a spread in GQ magazine with a Baphomet goat skull (note the American flag boots by the skull) + usual suggestiveness with the model (Lindsay Ellingson) holding the 'gun' (phallus) up to her mouth (I think some people think I have some massive problem with the stuff and the people I write about, that I'm some prude who will not listen, watch or enjoy something just because it has suggestive, occult or MK themes which couldn't be further from the truth).

More of the usual suggestiveness with one of those big (perhaps to make her appear small, like a child?) 'lollipops'.

Victoria's Secret models are 'The Most Dangerous Game'. But in all seriousness (should probably cut out the dark MK humor), usual dehumanization (antlers, on knees) and phallic symbolism (shotgun, hunting/killing/dominating the animal). Sex-kitten programming below and showing the theme of the shoot, they will often use recent popular movies (Where the Wild Things Are which itself contains numerous MK dehumanization and dissociation references) as a means to use themes of dehumanization and the like. Note the crawling and drinking milk through a phallic straw which is all obviously suggestive and relevant to kitten alter programming.

The most recent Victoria's Secret fashion show was full of it's usual dehumanization themes, starting with the sexy robots (seen in the background of above pic) that start the show off with the Black Eyed Peas (here is a good video detailing these themes). Note the giant 'V' shaped catwalk (for Victoria obviously but is clearly also used suggestively), each model walks to the bottom of the V.

It seems obvious and common sense that Alessandra Ambrosio (AA 11, Aless/Alice, Ambrosio like ambrosia, food of the gods) was instructed to hold her arms up in such a way, matching the top two corners of the (incomplete missing the bottom corner completed by the bottom half of her body, but clearly suggestive of an) inverted pentagram (a blazing star also, the pink/red fabric symbolizing fire/flames, all very Luciferian). "Ambrósio was just eight years old when she decided that she wanted to be a model, after seeing a picture of top covergirl Karen Mulder in a magazine: "I wanted to be like her", she recalls." Showing the influence these models have over the young, a pretty messed up cycle (this may just be an intentional Monarch slave nod from her handlers though), Alessandra had cosmetic surgery at age 11 to have her ears pinned back resulting in complications. You will recall Karen Mulder, one of the first Victoria's Secret 'Angels' came out in 2001 revealing that she and other supermodels were essentially "elite" sex slaves used by "Elite Model Management" executives and other members of the global elite (click for detailed analysis).

'Operation Miranda' is still in play it seems (should I cut out the dark humor?), they couldn't resist sticking a butterfly (+ a dragonfly) on MK Miranda Kerr, some of the angel/butterfly wings costumes were based on clock mechanism (symbolizing their lost time and internal mechanism/system).

One of the parts (a jungle themed part) of the show culminated in a myriad of butterflies being shown projected onto the background.

In 2007 their VS fashion show displayed mind control symbolism with the black/white hypnotic spiral background domineering over the dissociative models (+ the strobe lighting must affect them) who are always far more lively in VS shows than others (they are told exactly how to act though before going on the catwalk). All seeing eyes are shown blinking on the screen as the hypnotic spiral fades out (it comes back later distorted). It looks to be based on Walt Disney's buddy Salvador Dali's surrealist art, I posted the picture of Adriana Lima from this show in a post a while back.

I recorded the above 'Agent Provocateur' (please click to see their obviously conscious use of occult symbolism such as this 'Season of the Witch', included better quality image below and their 'New World Order' etc) event off the TV a while back, with my crappy digital camera so the quality is not good but you can make out what is going on (I looked for pictures and video of it online but found virtually none). Essentially it is a theatrical/ritualistic fashion lingerie show with the models playing various parts (there's a nymph/green fairy or something near the start, a hood wearing witch type figure) in 2009 in Vienna, Austria. I think it may have been themed after A Midsummer Night's Dream (it's pagan/ritualistic themes are very popular for these types of things, reminding me of Playboy's Midsummer Night's Dream masquerade), though the model dressed as a bird kept in a human-size bird cage trapped by a dominatrix style guardian doesn't exactly fit with that. Anyway, a male Pan/Dionysus (or Puck) makes an appearance near the end and seems to get the bride (who decadently feeds him) to applause from the audience (the performers line up in a pyramid shape also) bringing this Dionysian ritual to a close.

To finish off this post, tool of the "elite" blue bloods, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen (again click for more relevant info on the occult in fashion, McQueen pictured above with Prince Charles who presented him with a 'Designer of the Year' award in 2001, but that is more about saying "you're one of us now, welcome to the club" than for any genuine achievement) teamed up with British photographer Nick Knight (some of his stuff is also in that linked McQueen post) for a campaign producing this photo with model Raquel Zimmermann practically suffocated by the snakes on and coiled around her (camouflaged by a multiple snake print body suit/second skin as if she herself had become a snake). Serpent photoshoots are always good for some psycho-sexual and esoteric symbolism, note McQueen's hooves-like shoes (reptile/snake print) she is wearing (seen in Lady GaGa's 'Bad Romance', by the way it's worth checking out Luciferian Mannequin Lily Donaldson post for newcomers, which has some of McQueens designs).

His most recent show from Milan fashion week is just as dark with Skull and Bones as the primary focus, called 'An Bailitheoir Cnámh' meaning 'The Bone Collector' in Gaelic. With piles of skulls and bones (like in an old catacombs) as the main motif (it's not really worth watching it all so haven't embedded, watch here).

To finish, here is a shoot from Vogue Paris February 2010 which I am posting as it features some of McQueen's designs such as the owl dress below (hopefully most will understand the significance/symbolism of the owl). Reptiles and death are in fashion at the moment it seems... I wonder why! The model is Anja Rubik, shot by photography duo Claudia Knoepfel and Stefan Indlekofer. I'll look to pick up the pace with posts (suggestions/tips are always welcome, though I need some way of organizing them all so I don't lose track of good ones in mail clutter).