 I know you have one; we all do. And if we don't, we should: an idea for a costume, or one we'd like to recreate, that is way beyond our ability (or at least fiendishly fiddly), utterly impractical in timescale and budget (like reprising the work of six thousand Indian craftsmen individually sewing beetle wings onto silk for a year) and completely impractical (you have nowhere to wear it; you'd simply hang it up and gaze at it with a happy sigh).
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It could be argued that there is no artist with a greater claim on couture genius than Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949).
Fortuny was the father of a single dress design which, although it cycled through a range of small variations, remained at the very cutting edge of fashion for a full forty years during the turbulent early twentieth century. It was coveted by the revolutionary dancer Isadora Duncan; it was repeatedly referenced by Marcel Proust, who seemed bewitched by its magic...
Photograph (c) www.vintagetextile.com
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Though we may not pretend that genius such as that of Fortuny can be duplicated, we can nevertheless take some lessons away from his legacy. What can you learn from the great man? What can his example add to your costume art? Here are some ideas...
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 So you can sew, but on the other hand, you kind of can’t.
I mean, you can sew. You make your own costumes, but when you plan a new one, you have to rein in your ideas. Your mental pictures of the things you want to make are pretty cool, but… well, there must be a way to make it without having to set in sleeves. Or engineer that corset. Or,… no, screw it! You will make it. It’ll turn out ok. You’ll find a way to… well, to approximate what you have in mind, at least.
Sound familiar?
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