The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify. Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness.
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Isabelle de Borchgrave: “
Mariano Fortuny, the artist and couturier is well known for having created the Fortuny lamp, as well as innovations in dying and printing textiles. He also created the Delphos gown and Knossos shawl, both based on the styles of ancient Greece. The Museo Fortuny is a museum housed in the former Venetian palazzo that was once the home and studio ofFortuny. A few years ago, they invited Isabelle de Borchgrave to create a collection based on Fortuny’s catalog of work. This ensemble is based on a c. 1930 Delphos gown and Knosses shawl that is part of the museum collection” -
While everyone was sitting there going “Oh that’s such an original costume!!” I was sitting there going “You totally stole that from Fortuny’s Delphos gown. I hope he haunts you.”
“Padmé wore a long, light blue, pleated under-dress that swept the floor, with an off-the-shoulder blue, star-shaped poncho over it. This poncho was decorated with bright embroidery in flower shapes on her sleeve with silver along the hem of the sleeve, and an intricate, circular pattern at the apex of the bottom of the poncho. Ribbons decorated with beads hung off the lower hem. Her hair was worn down while wearing this loose dress.”
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It’s quite interesting in an odd way.
Jacket by Vitaldi Babani, 1912
(Underneath is one of Fortuny’s famous Delphos gowns)
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Maria Gallenga (Italian, 1880–1944)
Dress, Evening
ca. 1920Reminds me of Fortuny *sigh* I wish we still dressed this way.
This is printed on silk with glass beads.
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Isabelle de Borchgrave – Delphos Gown & Knossos Shawl, 2006 – 2007
Mariano Fortuny, the artist and couturier is well known for having created the Fortuny lamp, as well as innovations in dying and printing textiles. He also created the Delphos gown and Knossos shawl, both based on the styles of ancient Greece. The Museo Fortuny is a museum housed in the former Venetian palazzo that was once the home and studio ofFortuny. A few years ago, they invited Isabelle de Borchgrave to create a collection based on Fortuny’s catalog of work. This ensemble is based on a c. 1930 Delphos gown and Knosses shawl that is part of the museum collection.
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1910
Fotuny Delphos dress
KCI
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Fortuny late 1920s
