3-02FLORA x The Met
An Ingres portrait, reimagined as a modern collection in FLORA
the archive, pushed forward
What happens when a 170-year-old portrait becomes a fashion brief?
I pulled the gown out of Ingres's Princesse de Broglie, rebuilt it as a ghost-mannequin garment, reimagined it as if Martin Margiela had designed it, then sent it down the runway and backstage.
The archive, pushed forward: the painting's blue satin and lace, cut with a modern hand.
An experiment in FLORA, starting from a painting in The Met collection.
The source
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Princesse de Broglie, 1851–53. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection.
Ingres, Princesse de Broglie · The Met
From painting to garment
The gown lifted off the canvas and built as a real garment.
Ghost-mannequin dress
The redesign
Cut, drape and label rethought for now.
Modern redesign
On the model
Turntable
Runway + backstage
The collection in motion, then off duty.
Runway
Backstage
Editorial
The FLORA board
The whole build on one canvas.
- Concept + creative direction
- Susie Aminian
- Built in
- FLORA
- Source
- Ingres, Princesse de Broglie, The Met (Open Access)