I came across the most charming book while browsing through a bookstore the other day.
Isabelle de Borchgrave is a belgian artist who creates the most beautiful
life-size historical costumes entirely from paper.
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| Inspired by 1545 portrait of Eleanora and her son Giovanni de' Medici by Agnolo Bronzino. |
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| Inspired by a 1599 portrait by the studio of Nicholas Hilliard at Hardwick Hall. |
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| Detail of a a paper figure inspired by a 1635 portrait of a neoploitan woman by Massimo Stanzione. |






