Culture and Couture Brief #6 - Georgina Rose

"I adhere to the opposite of that Coco Chanel rule about taking one item off before leaving the house. I often add an extra item."

Aug 18, 2025

We’re creating tastemakers for the new regime.

We’ve got a new Culture and Couture Brief today. Our last brief was with notorious writer and editor Matt Forney, and you can check it out here if you missed the explosion. Twice a month, I’ll feature someone who is leading the culture in an unexpected way. We’re influencing the influencers, and this time I’ve brought over pagan sweetheart Georgina Rose to reawaken your soul.

What are Georgina Rose’s fashion inspirations?

Georgina Rose: This outfit remains one of my favorites, even if it is a bit older. The dress is inspired by the ballet Giselle which is a romantic story about a woman who is betrayed by her lover. When I was a bit younger, I was the stage manager for a few ballet performances, so even though I am not a dancer myself, I have a lot of nostalgic ties to ballet. It’s a very romantic art form, showing a complex story through simple movement and sound.

I am quite romantic, emotional, and drawn towards darker tones. I find that the rich saturated tone of a deep jewel tone sticks out in my brain. When contrasted with feminine soft details like lace and bows it brings me a lot of joy. In my personal style, I wear a lot of what people call “Romantic Goth” and this is pretty much that distilled down to its essence.

This outfit is also interesting to me, because once again, I adore rich dark tones. Yet instead of sticking just to black, this darkly inclined look pulls in some white. I love white as a color within gothic fashion. It creates such vivid contrast and makes things a bit more interesting. The tablier this girl is wearing is also iconic. It’s from Moi Meme Moitie, a Japanese EGL brand, that remains my favorite fashion label. The design on it is incredibly intricate with custom lace, a stark departure from the low-effort fast fashion pieces we often see.

It’s a shame how craft seems lost in fashion, and that we care more about quantity more than quality, sacrificing on little details. At the end of the day, the details are what bring an outfit to life. This beautiful church and gate pattern on the lace instantly evoke a mental image of strolling through a churchyard. I also like the use of accessories and detest minimalism. I adhere to the opposite of that Coco Chanel rule about taking one item off before leaving the house. I often add an extra item. This really brings things together, and there’s no shame in being the town eccentric. Someone has to do it, and in my town it has to be me.

What’s Georgina’s media pick of the moment?

Georgina: This a polarizing choice, but I do love The Love Witch, even if I might take a slightly different message from it than the filmmaker intended. The story follows a Wiccan woman named Elaine who is trying to find a man to truly love her and make her feel whole. She has recently left her husband who she murdered, due to him being inadequate for her. She then goes around her new town, in the idyllic pacific northwest, and uses her magic to seduce new men. Then when they inevitably do not meet her standards, or fix her inner pains, she kills them.

This film is filled with some heavy-handed ramblings about feminism, which sort of miss the mark because Elaine’s real problem is not the men but the way she views love. She does not love herself, and thus, she cannot love. The men being too soft, or too inadequate for is not the issue, the issue is within. I find the film to be a cautionary tale about what it is like to love improperly.

In our current times, people do not know how to love. They either want someone to make them feel better, do things for them, or fix them. A partner does none of these things. A partner is a human, not some transactional checklist, or an object. They are a being. They cannot make you love yourself, and they cannot be treated like anything less than someone who is just as complicated as you are. I think, in a sense, many people who engage in dating discourses are Elaines. They just haven’t gotten to the murdering bit.

Also, I love the visuals. The 1970s psychedelic aesthetic is beautiful. Every costume is so intricate. Every set has references to art, music, and other films. It’s a rich visual landscape. On the esoteric front, I do think it gets paganism right. A lot of the rituals and practices depicted in the film are quite close to real occult processions.

What has Georgina been reading lately?

The Four Feminine Archetypes by Daniella Pentsak - ”Daniella outlines four major forms of feminine expression, then overlays it onto the well-known memetic image of the political compass. Though, instead of ideology, it is how you express your feminine nature.”
The Emerging Problem Of “AI Psychosis by Marlynn Wei - “As artificial intelligence develops, people are starting to swap human relationships for machine relationships.”
Five Obscure Pagan Festivals From Around The World by Bonnie Nicol - “What were the holidays of my ancestors? Are there any small celebrations that I may not have heard of that could connect me to my Gods?”
New Study Suggests Ancient Pagan Worship Persisted In 5th Century Britain by Manny Moreno - “Some archaeological finds within Britain show that there was active Pagan worship after the country was allegedly converted to Christianity.”
Why Ancestor Worship Is Important by Claudio Merill - “Our ancestors love us and can guide us down a path of glory, love, and divinity. This article explores how ancestor work looked in the past, which can inspire us today, and reminds us of its critical value in our lives.”

That’s a roar. It’s the sixth installment of Culture and Couture. I plan to run more of these because they’re lots of fun. Also, let’s get real. Most people have horrible tastes and it’s time to show them something better.

If you’d like to become a tastemaker for the new regime, email me at theculturalfuturist@gmail.com. Whether it’s fashion, art, music, architecture, or a period in time that has inspired you, (maybe even all of these things) I’d love to hear from you about some of your favorite things.

Georgina Rose, Da’at Darling, is a perennialist, polytheist, and thelemite who blogs about esotericism. She’s on YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, Substack, and TikTok. She also hosts the podcast Pagan Perspectives by Georgina Rose on YouTube and most podcasting platforms.