Fortuny, a spaniard in Venice

A museum in the heart of La Serenissima bears his name. He was a venetian by adoption, but spanish by birth, famous for his fine pleats… The man in question is Mariano Fortuny, and the Palais Galliera, City of Paris Fashion Museum, is devoting a retrospective to his work. With over a hundred pieces from the Galliera collection, Madrid’s fashion museum the Museo del Traje and the Museo Fortuny in Venice, the exhibition will reveal the full diversity of his inspiration. The famous ‘Delphos gown’, designed in 1909, is the quintessential illustration of his originality and inventiveness. It is made entirely from plain silk, and is so finely pleated that it can be rolled up into a ball and still maintain all its flowing lines when unrolled. This exhibition, “Fortuny, un Espagnol à Venise” (Fortuny, a Spaniard in Venice), closes the Palais Galliera’s Spanish Season. Mobile app for the exhibition « Fortuny » at Palais Galliera, from October 4th, 2017 to January 7th, 2018.