que l’on ne peut pas porter…
(ravishing things that one can’t wear…)
Dress and paper shoes of Danish artist
Sheer lightness and utter fragility combined with
experimental reflection about what these objects
represent, amounts to such almost untouchable
objects, that they have instantly become collectors item…
Silk evening dress
c. 1898
replica done in paper…
Paper Illusions
The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave
She is especially known for her clothes and costumes
cut from and modeled in her inimitable way from paper…
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In 1994 Isabelle met Rita Brown, a Canadian theatre dress
designer. Together they conceived and produced an astonishing
collection of dresses in paper known as “Papiers a la Mode”
which covers 300 years of the history of fashion.
This substantial collection was first shown in France in 1998
and has since travelled all over Europe, the United States
and Japan and continues to be exhibited throughout the world.
Marie Antoinette dress…
Gentlemen’s 18th century embroidered redingoats …
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Isabelle de Borchgrave shoes and Fortuny book…
and
Flower girl shoe
via FrenchBlue
 Paper Fleur and Velvet necklace
both available at Etsy
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Queen of Hearts Hat
