She wore a long, pleated gown which mingled the colors of violet and ivory.

In a pleated gown of red, white and gold, she rescues a soul from purgatory, symbolized by a man dangling from her right hand.

Fortuny also is remembered for his brightly coloured pleated gowns.

Wrapped in an ingenious pleated gown she called a Greek column and with her pale face blasted with white powder, she seemed to know what she was talking about.

When she settled a pleated gown the color of well-aged ivory over Tuon's head, the younger woman could not help comparing the two of them in the tall mirror fastened to the inner wall.

Madame Berengeria was wearing her linen robe, a clumsy copy of the exquisite pleated gowns noble ladies were accustomed to wear in pharaonic times.

Nearby, Vanessa Getty, a West Coast social figure, wore a white pleated gown designed by Carven in the 1930's that she found at Decades, the vintage emporium.

The exhibition of 54 pieces ranges from an early pleated gown by Fortuny to examples of work by contemporary designers.

Dalila donned a contrasting body-hugging pleated dark-turquoise gown.

Later, she sports an elaborately cut and pleated white gown with a large metal insect-shaped decoration holding the dress in place.