Stunning works of art!

Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave (Isabelle de Borchgrave) can turn plain paper into precious silk, brocade, satin, velvet and the finest lace.

It makes the historic Royal costumes made of paper with such illusory precision that magical dress – faux all convinced that stitched out of luxurious fabrics.

Highest title of Countess, the aristocratic ironic attitude to life, the subtle taste of the designer and the extraordinary mastery of paper – these are the qualities that have made her and her extraordinary work is not just an artistic curiosity, and a significant phenomenon of art.











Isabel de Borchgrave the idea of paper dresses, made in the technique of trompe l"oeil (trompe l"oeil), appeared in 1994, after visiting American retrospective of works by Yves St-Лорана. Together with the canadian designer Rita brown they"re up to reconstruct the history of fashion from 17th century to the present day and implemented this ambitious project.

Paper was chosen because it is cheap and in case of error during operation, you can just take the next clean sheet. The material gives a great opportunity to simulate different textures by chemical reactions, is easily painted in any color, cut out, cut imitates lace, embroidery etc. Later, with his assistants, Isabelle de Borchgrave recreated the history of fashion through the repetition of historical costumes from different eras depicted in the portraits of the great artists of the past. This massive and complex task required not only huge amounts of scientific knowledge of history and fashion, but also the ability to skillfully work in different techniques of painting and drawing. Paper dresses Borchgrave de sign it manually: oil or watercolour, gouache or charcoal, chalk or pastel, and sometimes all kinds of techniques from.













The process of creating a costume is very time consuming. First de Borchgrave and her team with the involvement of European historians conduct scientific research to understand what was a particular outfit. Then she, together with designers and artists, and draws sketches of the costume, then the cutters make patterns and it"s time to experiment with paper, to turn it into a three-dimensional jewel. Art Countess subservient costumes of different eras: from the Florentine Renaissance and the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England to the Rococo French Queen Marie Antoinette, costumes of" Russian seasons in Paris" S. Diaghilev and reconstruction of the wedding dress Jacqueline Kennedy from Hubert de Givenchy. In their clothes de Borchgrave does not simply copy the historical samples, and captures the spirit and mood of the era through accessories (shoes, belts, bags, hair). The Countess and her team have produced hundreds more of dresses that are currently on display at Versailles, Saint-Петербурге, Turin, Phoenix and, of course, in Brussels.

Huge popularity among fashion designers and the title of Countess opened before the designer the opportunity to put modern royals. So, she made the finest paper veil for the wedding of Ann Marie van Wiesel with Prince Charles Bourbon-Парма and the Belgian Queen Fabiola shone in paper work dress Isabel de Borchgrave at the wedding of the Spanish throne Prince Felipe of Asturias.

the artist Herself believes that her path to create paper masterpieces began in 1970-е years when she, a graduate of the Royal Academy of fine arts in painting class, taught the children of their friends drawing, sitting in a small attic on the streets of Brussels Sablon. Here, in an easy and creative atmosphere, in the mind of the young artist was born private projects, painting fabrics, decoration of dishes, tablecloths, napkins and Wallpaper. Gradually from substantive design de Borchgrave moved to reconstructions of the costumes and to create paper sculptures for museums.

the Wedding dress for Jacqueline Kennedy from Hubert de Givenchy. Reconstruction Isabelle de Borchgrave



Isabel de Borchgrave at work



Still working with a paper suit, the designer has started to do the interior, but from the tight finishing of fabrics, porcelain, ceramics and bronze. Her wrought iron chairs, bronze tables, fabric cushions and ceramic dishes feature elegant décor and bright colors. Today she collaborates with such giants of the industry of home decor and fashion, as Target, Villeroy @Boch amp, Caspari and Hermès.

Paper work dresses Isabelle de Borchgrave her extremely important contribution to the history of the fashion world and stunning work of manual labor, performed with extraordinary taste and sense of style.

Text: Maria Gerasimova, PhD

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