Senses Art Nouveau
is very proud to present

our new Pleated silk scarves collection.

Isabelle Leloup has just completed our collection of pleated silk scarves inspired by Venice and by the famous Venitian fashion tissues . Technique Each pure silk scarf is painted by hand and pleated with an artisan pleating technique which give a regular effect known as plissé. The edges are then embellished by hand with a rolled hemming and a special choice of coulored glass pearls. The result is a superb and very elegant pleated silk scarf. The pleated silk scarf is available for on-line shopping in 12 bright handdeyed colours. History of Pleats in Fashion Since antiquity men and women use to wear pleated fabrics. In Ancient Egypt, the pleated kalasiris was mainly made in linen. Pleats were achieved one by one by hand and were reserved to the elite. The same pleasure for pleats was found later in Greece with the peplos and chiton made of wool and linen. When at the end of the XIX century, Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo rediscovers the ancient pleats and launches the Delphos silk pleated gown is inspired by a famous greek sculpture : the charioteer of Delphi. Since then, all major fashion designers, from Dior to Balmain have created faboulous models using pleats. Nowdays the Japanese designer, Issey Miyake, has developed a special technique to pleat syntethic fibers and has brought the pleats in the XXI century with a contemporary taste. Pleated scarves and gown links -pleated dress in Ancient Egypt -pleated dress in Ancient Greece -Search Yahoo for pleated silk scarves -Search Google for pleated silk scarves Pleated silk scarves Shopping At the moment more than 10 colours are available for an on-line shopping. You can choose from: bordeaux, red, gold, navy blue or black. If you would to purchase them follow this link to : our pleated silk scarves Read what the Press wrote about our pleated silk scarves Books on Pleats LES PLIS by Nadine Vasseur in French (Ed. du Seuil, 2002, 160 p) For books on Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo go to our biography page.