1907-1920 Fortuny Peplos Gown designer-genny a lily' 'A field of

a lily' 'A field of lilies' 'Lilies lots and lots of beautiful lilies a field of yet more lilies' 'Zandra Rhodes

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This dress is a classic example of that aesthetic

but still extremely wearable and quite fabulous in that tattered

1907-1920 Fortuny Peplos Gown designer-genny a lily' 'A field ofA similar green hued Fortuny gown is a part of the permanent collection at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (pictured). The description of that gown is so wonderful I thought I would share it with you here verbatim: "Mariano Fortuny created a number of variations of his pleated silk gowns. In this model, he combined elements of the classical chiton and the peplos. A "tunic" is attached along its neckline to a long sleeveless