Fortuny

Mariano Fortuny is remembered as a Renaissance man, for his versatile mosaic of talents, but particularly for his mastery in his textiles and garments.

Fortuny’s “Delphos” Gown | Edwardian Promenade 2008

Though the soft, gentle colors favored by the Aesthetes predominated, in Fortuny’s hands they gained a special richness and brilliance.

Fortuny’s “Delphos” Gown | Edwardian Promenade 2008

Though the secret pleat-setting process used by Fortuny is little understood to this day, this website details the process of faking Fortuny’s famous pleats.

Fortuny’s “Delphos” Gown | Edwardian Promenade 2008

But I hear that a Venetian artist, called Fortuny, has recovered the secret of the craft, and that before many years have passed women will be able to walk abroad, and better still to sit at home in brocades as sumptuous as those that Venice adorned, for her patrician daughters, with patterns brought from the Orient.

Within a Budding Grove 2003

KLENSCH: Fortuny is a type of pleating that was done in Venice by a man called Fortuny, and it moves with the body.

CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2001 2001

In the history of the arts there are cases such as Fortuny's, of

Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890

Then he leaned over Maxine’s shoulder, picked up her pen and crossed the name de Fortuny off the guest list.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Then he leaned over Maxine’s shoulder, picked up her pen and crossed the name de Fortuny off the guest list.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Then he leaned over Maxine’s shoulder, picked up her pen and crossed the name de Fortuny off the guest list.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Then he leaned over Maxine’s shoulder, picked up her pen and crossed the name de Fortuny off the guest list.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982