Tag Archives: Delphos dress
Tina Chow and her love for Fortuny dresses.
Tina Chow was an American model, couture collector and jewellery designer who was considered an [...]
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Gloria Vanderbilt and Fortuny
In this series of articles, we have been talking about famous women who have worn [...]
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Isadora Duncan: a forceful personality, on and off the stage
Isadora Duncan danse sur la plage © Arnold Genthe/Wikimedia Isadora Duncan (San Francisco, California 1878 [...]
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The streamlined looks of Mariano Fortuny and Issey Miyake
The question if haute couture should respond to artistic criteria or to practicality has hovered [...]
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Peggy Guggenheim: L’ultima Dogaressa
Peggy’s Venetian neighbours referred to Peggy as “La principessa” or “L’ultima Dogaressa”. She was chic, [...]
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A living work of art: the Marchesa Luisa Casati
The Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) during the first half of the twentieth century was Europe's [...]
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Henriette: the Muse
Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin was born on October 4th 1877 in Fontainebleau, where she lived [...]
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