Delphos gown

Clarisse Coudert, married to Condé Montrose Nast, wearing one of the famous Fortuny tea gowns. "This one has no tunic but is finely pleated in the Fortuny manner, and falls in long lines closely following the figure to the floor."

The Delphos gown is a finely pleated silk dress first created in about 1907 by French designer Henriette Negrin and her husband, Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949). They produced the gowns until about 1950.[1][2] It was inspired by, and named after, a classical Greek statue, the Charioteer of Delphi.[3] Since the 1970s, these gowns have been desirable and collectable pieces of vintage clothing, with one selling for a world record price of $10,000 in December 2001.[4]

  1. ^ Henriette Fortuny: ritratto di una musa, La Donna dietro l'Artista
  2. ^ Cumming, Valerie; Cunnington, C.W.; Cunnington, P.E. (2010). The dictionary of fashion history. Oxford: Berg. p. 64. ISBN 9781847887382.
  3. ^ Martin, Richard; Selkirk, Harold Koda; photographs by Neil (1993). Infra-apparel. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9780870996764.
  4. ^ Bellafante, Ginia (May 14, 2002). "Front Row: Bidding for Fortuny". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2012.