Fortuny delphos

Mariano Fortuny and the Delphos dress Mariano Fortuny was spanish but nowadays he’s most known for the time when he lived in venice in italy. He was an artist, architect and inventor and not, like many sources say, a fashion designer. He did not see the dresses as fashion, but more as a form of …

‘Delphos’, dress, permanently pleated silk, designed by Henriette Nigrin, possibly with Mariano Fortuny, for Mariano Fortuny, Venice, Italy, 1909-1920, apricot-coloured pleated silk dress, overlay hanging in extended points, trimmed with Venetian glass beads, belt in apricot-coloured silk with stencilled stylised motifs

Working on some experiments on Fortuny Delphos gowns.

'Portrait of a muse' painting by Mariano Fortuny, 1935 Portrait of Henriette Fortuny in Pompeian costume with a Delphos dress and Knossos scarf designed by Mariano Fortuny, printed with geometric, asymmetrical patterns and motifs inspired by Cycladic art The artistic legacy of Mariano Fortuny The Fortuny museum in San Marco, Venice, was instigated in 1956 by Henriette Fortuny, the Parisian wife and muse of Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949) . He was born in Granada, Spain where both his father and…

Delphos gown, by Mario Fortuny c. 1912 Creador de máquinas para hacer el plisado en seda.

The Delphos gown, designed by Mariano Fortuny, was inspired by the clothing of ancient Greece. The Fortuny gown symbolized liberation in women's fashion.

A couturier-friend of mine once wryly remarked (as she meticulously contemplated the exact landing spot of another rose-gold sequin destined for the bust of a ballgown) that her life effectively was a fashionable road-map signposted by all the memorable gowns she’s made for brides, debutantes and society ladies over the decades. Similarly we fashionistas and…

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