The Full Fall/Holiday 1995 'Sanctuary' Catalog By Cher (1995)

The full Fall/Holiday 1995 'Sanctuary' catalog by Cher (1995)

Incredible mail-order catalog started by Cher in 1994; this is the 1995 edition. Unfortunately, it seems the venture ended after the 1995 issue. According to a 1998 article, this was due to mismanagement & order-fulfillment problems.

Luckily found a copy available online, then scanned & cleaned-up this wonderful relic of 90's Renaissance Revival & Whimsigothic fashion & design!

“You’ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peers. Males you may have written for or with or inspired who may be copying you - stealing your moves, stealing your ‘bits’ or obsessions.

You will be a floozy and a slattern. He will be virile and a ladies’ man. You will be a freakshow, a retching wretch, a sloppy drunk. He will be charismatic, vainglorious, a ferocious drunk and Dionysian. You will be indiscriminate and desperate. He will be generous, tortured and driven.

You will be so frail you may break at a mere wisp of wind. He will be alienated and aggressive. You will be greedy and a control freak too, but mostly you will be 'primal’, 'primitive’ and 'instinctive’. If not, then you will be 'contrived’. He will be in command, a cocksman, big-dicked, a genius reinventing his instrument with superhuman technique soul magic. He will be natural and a perfectionist, he will rarely, if ever, be 'primal’ in the way that you, the female, will always be 'primitive’.

You will be 'blonde ambition’ or a tiny little child or a whore. He will be channeling secrets and battling cosmic demons. Then in my case, sometimes half the lyrics, less or more, are yours, and you’re still 'primal’ while he’s still 'tortured and a genius’.”

Courtney on the lack of women in rock music, 2001.

eraserhead baby

Gémeaux (Les Signes du Zodiaque)

Gothic revival home, ca. 1840 Thompson Connecticut

the new American Gothic. // artist unknown, feel free to tag and tell me who painted this.