Mariano fortuny

In 1906, a Spanish artist and fashion designer began creating clothing and textile designs, which lasted until 1949. He was very much influenced by the past and by non-European cultures and used those inspirations for his designs.

Am I the only one who didn’t know the dazzling Venetian fashion and textile wizard, the Prince of Pleats, the Virtuoso of Velvet, wasn’t even Italian, let alone Venetian? He was born Ma…

Marion Fortuny gold Delphos dress, 1910s; coat is white silk taffeta stenciled with Japanese motifs with pink silk taffeta padded hem and lining. Kyoto Costume Institute #BabilandBijouMuseContest

‘Delphos’, dress, permanently pleated silk, designed by Henriette Nigrin, possibly with Mariano Fortuny, for Mariano Fortuny, Venice, Italy, retailed by Babani in Paris, France, ca. 1920, pale green silk dress with a matching cord, intermixed with silver, threaded through worked eyelets, and trimmed at the ends with Venetian faience beads, ribbons, belonged to Eleonora Duse

The purpose of this study was to investigate some methods of pleating that Fortuny might have used in creating the fabric for the Delphos Robe and to test the permanence of pleats in silk fabric. Fortuny preferred using silk fabric from the Orient and was aware of Japanese art and craft techniques. Several Japanese shibori (dye resist) techniques create folds of pleats in fabric that are similar to the pleats in the Delphos Robe. In particular, the shibori pole-wrapping technique would have…

Sleeve detail

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