Category Archives: Mariano Fortuny
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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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Delphos Fortuny: the story of a dress that became an icon
“Man is mortal because of his fears and immortal because of his desires”, Pythagoras. For [...]
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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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Studio 1907: the making of an iconic lamp
The Fortuny Studio 1907 lamps are the direct result of Mariano Fortuny research into stage [...]
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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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Henriette: the Muse
Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin was born on October 4th 1877 in Fontainebleau, where she lived [...]
Feb
The Fortuny Dome: a revolution in the theatre
For Mariano Fortuny light was an absolute vocation, the leitmotif of his artistic eclecticism, the [...]
Jan
Mariano Fortuny’s youth among art and inventions
Throughout the early 1890s Mariano Fortuny dedicated himself to a cycle of paintings and engravings [...]
Dec
From Granada to Venice: Mariano Fortuny’s early years
Mariano Buenaventura Isabel Federico Mamerto Cecilio de la Santísima Trinidad was born on 11 May [...]
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