Fortuny dress

A Spanish artist living in Venice, Mariano Fortuny began designing printed fabrics in 1906. In work strongly influenced by antiquity, he emphasised the fluidity of garments with no waistline, creating sober, timeless, vertical pieces perfectly adapted to revealing the forms of the body. Registered in Fortuny's name in 1909, his emblematic ‘Delphos’ dress—named after the Charioteer of Delphi—took its inspiration from the chiton, the long woollen Greek tunic, and reflects the craze for Greece…

Fortuny | Evening dress | Italian | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, active Italy, 1871–1949)

Sandy Schrier owns 15,000 of the most significant garments of the century. She has never worn one.

Bust up to 40"Waist up to 40"Hip up to 40"Length 50" Can accommodate S/M Silk Fortuny Very good condition

Its goods were found in the homes of Greta Garbo and Babe Paley

Marion Fortuny gold Delphos dress, 1910s; coat is white silk taffeta stenciled with Japanese motifs with pink silk taffeta padded hem and lining. Kyoto Costume Institute #BabilandBijouMuseContest

Fortuny y Madrazo | Any Artistic Legacy is a fascinating exhibit examining the artist and designer's work as influenced by his family's heritage.