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Tina Chow was an American model, couture collector and jewellery designer who was considered an [...]

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Jul

Mariano Fortuny Techniques

A method already present in Ancient Egypt, the plissé was revolutionized and consecrated as a [...]

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Aug

There are many people that Mariano Fortuny met in his life, that he influenced and [...]

20
Sep

“Man is mortal because of his fears and immortal because of his desires”, Pythagoras. For [...]

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Jul

In this series of articles, we have been talking about famous women who have worn [...]

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Jun

Isadora Duncan danse sur la plage © Arnold Genthe/Wikimedia Isadora Duncan (San Francisco, California 1878 [...]

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Mar

The Fortuny Studio 1907 lamps are the direct result of Mariano Fortuny research into stage [...]

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Dec

The question if haute couture should respond to artistic criteria or to practicality has hovered [...]

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Oct

Peggy’s Venetian neighbours referred to Peggy as “La principessa” or “L’ultima Dogaressa”. She was chic, [...]

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Sep

The Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) during the first half of the twentieth century was Europe's [...]

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Jul

Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin was born on October 4th 1877 in Fontainebleau, where she lived [...]

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Feb

For Mariano Fortuny light was an absolute vocation, the leitmotif of his artistic eclecticism, the [...]

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Jan