Isabelle de Borchgrave Dies at 78; Traced Sartorial History With Paper NYT | Top Stories Penelope Green 2 November 2024 at 01:47 An artist and designer, she transformed simple craft paper into elaborate trompe l’oeil confections, creating stunning life-size reproductions of period garments. © Raphael Gaillarde/Gamma-Rapho, via Getty ImagesMs. de Borchgrave at Versailles in 2011. “I had no idea that I would do so many dresses,” she said. “After I made one, I started a second and then a third. It is crazy and you never stop.”