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Jul 19, 2023 · In 1913, at the end of school, she left for London where a friend had offered her a position as a governess in an orphanage. England is where she found her first husband: the theosophist Count William de Wendt de Kerlor, from whom she separated a few years later. Along with the wedding, Elsa started a new life in New York.
Oct 26, 2014 · Elsa Schiaparelli, c1935. Photograph: Peter North/Getty Images. Schiaparelli was born in Rome in 1890, her father an academic whose field was the Islamic world in the middle ages.
May 2, 2022 · Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor. Birthdate: estimated between 1855 and 1915. Death: Immediate Family: Husband of Elsa Schiaparelli. Father of Gogo Schiaparelli. Managed by: Private User.
- Elsa Schiaparelli
- May 2, 2022
- estimated between 1855 and 1915
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views 1,375,099 updated. Schiaparelli, Elsa (1890–1973) Influential French couturiere whose designs changed the face of fashion in the two decades prior to World War II. Pronunciation: Skya-pa-RELL-ee. Name variations: Comtesse de Kerlor or Countess de Kerlor.
The Surreal Legacy of Gogo Schiaparelli. Yvonne “Gogo” Schiaparelli was born in 1920, the daughter of Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli and her husband, the Count Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor. From a young age, Gogo was exposed to the world of high fashion and art, and her mother’s avant-garde designs undoubtedly influenced her own ...
Jan 10, 2024 · Also known as. English. Wilhelm Frederick Wendt de Kerlor. con man. Willie Wendt. Wilhem de Kerlor. Dr. W. de Kerlor. Count William de Wendt de Kerlor. Graf William de Wendt de Kerlor.
He was reported to have legally changed his name in England to Wilhelm Frederick Wendt de Kerlor, a combination of his father's last name and mother's maiden name. [18] de Wendt's profession was that of a tireless, inventive self-promoter, in reality a con man who claimed to have psychic powers, and numerous academic credentials.
