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  • After a tardy start, which drew catcalls from the photographer pit, the show finally went under way and the audience fell silent as a booming drum beat preceded a parade of ghostly, black-lipped, white-masked beauties in a wardrobe worthy of the mistress of Hades -- if he had one.

    Nicole Berrie: Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer 2011 - Monster's Ball Nicole Berrie 2010

  • After a tardy start, which drew catcalls from the photographer pit, the show finally went under way and the audience fell silent as a booming drum beat preceded a parade of ghostly, black-lipped, white-masked beauties in a wardrobe worthy of the mistress of Hades -- if he had one.

    Nicole Berrie: Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer 2011 - Monster's Ball (PHOTOS) Nicole Berrie 2010

  • Black pearls—more of a dark green-grey according to some—are produced by black-lipped oysters native to the South Seas.

    Cultured by Luxury Jeweler, Black Pearls Became Chic Stephen Miller 2011

  • After a tardy start, which drew catcalls from the photographer pit, the show finally went under way and the audience fell silent as a booming drum beat preceded a parade of ghostly, black-lipped, white-masked beauties in a wardrobe worthy of the mistress of Hades -- if he had one.

    Nicole Berrie: Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer 2011 - Monster's Ball Nicole Berrie 2010

  • After a tardy start, which drew catcalls from the photographer pit, the show finally went under way and the audience fell silent as a booming drum beat preceded a parade of ghostly, black-lipped, white-masked beauties in a wardrobe worthy of the mistress of Hades -- if he had one.

    Nicole Berrie: Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer 2011 - Monster's Ball Nicole Berrie 2010

  • Her voice was disturbingly normal coming from a black-lipped mouth with white fangs flashing within.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • His snout was curled back, black-lipped to display the formidable mountain range of his wolfish fangs.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  • Her voice was disturbingly normal coming from a black-lipped mouth with white fangs flashing within.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • Like other regions of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia, large carnivores (snow leopards, brown bears, wolves and lynx) also occur here at low density, supported in part by their smaller prey species like Tibetan woolly hares (Lepus oiostolus), Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana) and black-lipped pika (Ochotona curzoniae).

    Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe 2008

  • Several black-lipped holes showed in the temple walls.

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

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