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toda rueda

English translation: spread (out) in a circle (around the feet)


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Spanish term or phrase:toda rueda
English translation:spread (out) in a circle (around the feet)
Entered by: Rachel Fell
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Spanish term or phrase: toda rueda
Talking about the "Delphos" dresses designed by Mariano Fortuny in the early 20th century

Los modelos pueden llevar mangas y distintos tipos de cuello y, muchas veces, se prolongan hasta el suelo abriéndose a “toda rueda”, de forma similar a los quitones representados en la estatuaria de las korai de la isla griega de Samos.

I think it means the effect shown here http://photos.liveauctioneers.com/houses/applebrookauctions/... where the dress spreads out on the floor but I've no idea how that is referred to in the world of haut couture
William Pairman
Spain
Local time: 06:16
spread (out) in a circle (around the feet)
Explanation:
or spread out in a circle on the floor

another example:
Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949) was a Spanish artist and designer who registered many extraordinary inventions. His most successful patent was for the 'Delphos' gown, which he first designed in 1907. The finely pleated silk gown represented the classic, ideal form. It freed women from the constraints of the corset and now epitomises Fortuny's style.

The 'Delphos' gown was worn in the early twentieth century by some of the most avant-garde women in Europe and America. Fortuny was to repeat it, with only subtle variations, over the next forty years. Fortuny also designed exquisite gowns of printed and stencilled velvet with panels of finely pleated silk. He saw himself as an artist and had no aspiration to be part of high fashion with its constant change. He blended his love for medieval history and classical Greece with a fascination for technology and the skills of the craftsman. Working closely with his wife, Henriette, their work combined the ideals of the Aesthetic Movement and Modernism.

Henriette assisted Fortuny in the manufacture of unusual dyes and pigments and also made up the garments. They devised unique printing and stencilling techniques for the exquisite silks and velvets. Only the tiny Venetian glass beads threaded onto silk cord at the neck and armholes were made elsewhere. 'Delphos' gowns were dyed individually in a wide range of unusual colours. Delicate silk was processed on porcelain rollers to create fine, uneven pleats, one of his many innovations. The dresses were finally rolled up into a tightly twisted ball and presented in a small silk bag, perfect for travelling.

The production process took place at the Palazzo Orfei, the palace in Venice where Fortuny spent the most creative period of his life. His family had moved there when he was eighteen to relieve his allergy to horses.

http://www.dhub.org/object/169168,modernism

some more about them here: http://www.chick.net/proust/fortuny.html
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Rachel Fell
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Local time: 05:16
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Summary of answers provided
4hasta abajo
Lamarche
3flared hemline / skirt that flares out at the hem
Jenni Lukac
3spread (out) in a circle (around the feet)
Rachel Fell


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hasta abajo


Explanation:
Estoy de acuerdo con William. Es como una "cassock" per con pliegues para mujeres. Aunque en la antiguedad también podría se vestimenta interior (interiores). Como mejor decirlo es mejor que lo tome una modista (hasta abajo, a toda rueda, largo hasta el tobillo, etc.). Suerte.

Lamarche
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spread (out) in a circle (around the feet)


Explanation:
or spread out in a circle on the floor

another example:
Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949) was a Spanish artist and designer who registered many extraordinary inventions. His most successful patent was for the 'Delphos' gown, which he first designed in 1907. The finely pleated silk gown represented the classic, ideal form. It freed women from the constraints of the corset and now epitomises Fortuny's style.

The 'Delphos' gown was worn in the early twentieth century by some of the most avant-garde women in Europe and America. Fortuny was to repeat it, with only subtle variations, over the next forty years. Fortuny also designed exquisite gowns of printed and stencilled velvet with panels of finely pleated silk. He saw himself as an artist and had no aspiration to be part of high fashion with its constant change. He blended his love for medieval history and classical Greece with a fascination for technology and the skills of the craftsman. Working closely with his wife, Henriette, their work combined the ideals of the Aesthetic Movement and Modernism.

Henriette assisted Fortuny in the manufacture of unusual dyes and pigments and also made up the garments. They devised unique printing and stencilling techniques for the exquisite silks and velvets. Only the tiny Venetian glass beads threaded onto silk cord at the neck and armholes were made elsewhere. 'Delphos' gowns were dyed individually in a wide range of unusual colours. Delicate silk was processed on porcelain rollers to create fine, uneven pleats, one of his many innovations. The dresses were finally rolled up into a tightly twisted ball and presented in a small silk bag, perfect for travelling.

The production process took place at the Palazzo Orfei, the palace in Venice where Fortuny spent the most creative period of his life. His family had moved there when he was eighteen to relieve his allergy to horses.

http://www.dhub.org/object/169168,modernism

some more about them here: http://www.chick.net/proust/fortuny.html

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
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flared hemline / skirt that flares out at the hem


Explanation:
I have never seen this term used in reference to Fortuny's couture or any other type of fashion, but looking at the photo I would describe the hemline that way.

Jenni Lukac
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