02/09/2026
Plissé. Action 🎬
Born in the early years of cinema, the Delphos dress quickly found its way onto the bodies of actresses and performers, its finely pleated silk made to move with them. From Lyda Borelli in 'Rapsodia Satanica' in 1915 to Barbra Streisand in 'Funny Girl' in 1968, the Delphos has accompanied generations of women on stage and screen.
A century of cinema, seen through the pleats of Mariano Fortuny's most iconic creation.
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Marta Abba, Fondo Giacomelli, 1928
Dolores del Rio, by George Hurrell, circa 1938-40
Actress Régine Flory, by Albert Harlingue Roger-Viollet, 1910
Lyda Borelli in 'Rapsodia Satanica', 1915
Gladys Swarthout, 1930s
Barbra Streisand in 'Funny Girl', 1968