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Tina Chow was an American model, couture collector and jewellery designer who was considered an [...]
Mariano Fortuny Techniques
A method already present in Ancient Egypt, the plissé was revolutionized and consecrated as a [...]
There are many people that Mariano Fortuny met in his life, that he influenced and [...]
“Man is mortal because of his fears and immortal because of his desires”, Pythagoras. For [...]
In this series of articles, we have been talking about famous women who have worn [...]
Isadora Duncan danse sur la plage © Arnold Genthe/Wikimedia Isadora Duncan (San Francisco, California 1878 [...]
The Fortuny Studio 1907 lamps are the direct result of Mariano Fortuny research into stage [...]
The question if haute couture should respond to artistic criteria or to practicality has hovered [...]
Peggy’s Venetian neighbours referred to Peggy as “La principessa” or “L’ultima Dogaressa”. She was chic, [...]
The Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) during the first half of the twentieth century was Europe's [...]
Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin was born on October 4th 1877 in Fontainebleau, where she lived [...]
For Mariano Fortuny light was an absolute vocation, the leitmotif of his artistic eclecticism, the [...]
