PLISSE

tu plisseras!

fan

The term plisse comes from the French verb plisser, from the past participle "plisse" that means folded,pleated or creased. In fashion this word is used for fabrics treated to give a permanent or temporary puckered or crinkled effect. 

It reminds me to a fan, that from one point it spreads its beauty in a circular shape.

Lanvin

Here we can see in detail how the fabric it is opened from the waist, this way of treating the fabric is very useful in summer as the garment will allow your body to be in constant touch with the air, and it will transmit you some coolness.

Alberta Ferreti

Chloe

chloe

When the classical art was being discovered the women's fashion twisted the direction towards a very baggy way to wear clothes. draping and whiteness were the main characteristics. They wanted to look like sculptures so they wore white garments because the sculptures had no colour when they were brought to light.

Victoria de Samotracia

Lanvin

Mariano Fortuny was one of the creative minds during the late 19th C and early 20th C. He made one of the most famous dresses in all times, Delphos dress, inspired by greek chitons.
In 1907 he started a fashion towards the women body conscious, and movement of the garment, he was ahead of fashion designers like Poiret or Coco Chanel. He patented in 1909 way of pleating that still nowadays nobody explains it works.

Mariano Fortuny

Mariano Fortuny dress

Alberta Ferreti

Alberta Ferreti

I love how this pleated fabric works with a very big and bulky top. It makes a contrast that adds more smoother this creased and delicateness garment.

J.Mendel

J.Mendel

There is not a rule that says plisse garments are only dresses. I personally love plisse in skirts, i think it plays a lot with the silhouette of your legs, and leaves a lot of space for imagination. 

Mario Sorrenti Mar

Derek Lam

I also adore plisse fabric in juxtaposition with very polish and plain Fabrics, Carlos Miele is a great example for this summer.

Carlos Miele

Many celebrities attach to plisse fabric in order to seem chic and elegant at once. Sarah Jessica Parker, an icon for many people after the magnificat style developed in Sex and the City, chose this dress and she succeed in looking both elegant and trendy.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Natalia Vodianova 2008

Now that you see this picture, you are probably thinking "yeah..thats right, marilyn pleated dress" well, yes, sometimes you might not notice that a dress is plisse until you actually examine it, but that does not mean that your first reaction towards this kind of fabric is always good.

Marilyn Monroe