Mariano Fortuny

Palais Galliera, the
Museum of Fashion of the City of Paris, is honouring Mario Fortuny
with a retrospective of his work. The hundreds of pieces in the Galliera’s
collection and from the Museo del Traje in Madrid will reveal his wide
range of inspirations (Ancient Greece, the Middle East, the Renaissance,
etc.) as well as his talent as an inventor known for the “Delphos”, a
finely pleated unicolour silk dress that could be rolled into a ball only
to spring back to shape. Fortuny glorified each cut of fabric into a
unique garment with a subtle play of light. Gazing at dresses worn by
the Countess Greffulhe and her daughter Elaine, Eleonora Duse, Isadora
Duncan, and more, you’ll be able to admire his skilful printing of
metallic powders on silk velvet that pay homage to his Byzantine,
Japanese, and Persian influences, and are interpretations of his own
personal collection of ancient textiles and brocades that was praised by
Marcel Proust. The Mariano Fortuny exhibition is an invitation to
appreciate the fluidity and the shimmering atmospheres of a prolific
inventor who was also a strong advocate for the liberation of the body
and comfort, the ultimate luxury. An immersion into timeless elegance.

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