Video: Chic medieval paper outfits. Isabelle de Borschgrave
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Countess Isabelle de Borchgrave she is known all over the world for her masterly talent to turn ordinary paper into expensive fabric, and from this fabric to create chic medieval outfits worthy of kings and queens, or even exact copies of their wardrobe. As the famous designer Hubert de Givenchy said about her work, "She plays with paper like a virtuoso on a musical instrument." The Belgian artist has been creating these amazing "plays" from paper for more than 15 years. The artist's collection of paper outfits includes costumes and dresses of the Medici family, Queen Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette, and copies of works by such famous couturiers as Christian Dior and Coco Chanel. Still, the most beloved era of Isabel de Borchgrave is the 18th century. The artist's home library contains several thousand books on the history and history of art, which help her understand the peculiarities of a particular era when she creates outfits related to her. It takes her from three to six weeks to work on one dress or suit, depending on the complexity and availability of the required material. Since a lot of paper is required, Isabelle places large orders at the factory, which are delivered to her home.
Isabelle de Borchgrave's team consists of stylists and artists who help her achieve the complete historical resemblance of a paper copy of a dress or costume to the original. They make templates for mannequins, and Isabelle makes accessories like wigs, handbags, jewelry, gloves, shoes, decorative hats and flowers, which will then complete the sculpture. To give the paper the appearance of a particular fabric - cotton, suede, velvet, satin, satin - the artist and her assistants crumple and rub the paper, fold it, tear it, soak it in water, and then dry it in the sun, do many manipulations with it, and all this is done by hand. Isabelle de Borschgrave develops technologies for creating dresses independently, and no two suits are alike - each of them is unique and inimitable.
Isabelle de Borschgrave recently hosted an exhibition of paper suits at the Legion of Honor Museum located in San Francisco. The artist has also released a book about her work called "Paper Illusions: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave".
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