tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36609540.post1971419053723917561..comments2023-05-04T02:30:43.543-05:00Comments on Reading Proust In Foxborough: Proust and FortunyGrapeshot/Odettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625862990225356412noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36609540.post-73554147370518486632008-06-05T20:51:00.000-05:002008-06-05T20:51:00.000-05:00Mary McFadden was doing Fortuny pleats c.1976 and ...Mary McFadden was doing Fortuny pleats c.1976 and selling at a high price via old Giorgio in Beverly Hills.<BR/><BR/>Mr.Chow restaurant in London in 1976 had <BR/>the Late Tina Chow's collection of Fortuny gowns on mannekins on the staircase for passing diners to fondle with their sticky fingers.<BR/>Helena Bonham Carter's grandmothers was a Fortuny client and when gishingly asked by a journo, what it was like to meet him said icily that one did not bother with conversation to a dressmaker'!Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.com