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Mar 29, 2022 · What set Schiaparelli on her way in the field was a visit from an American friend who was wearing an unusual sweater that the designer would later describe in her autobiography, Shocking Life,...
Apr 3, 2022 · Photo: Courtesy of Schiaparelli. Referenced by Schiaparelli’s current creative director Daniel Roseberry for autumn/winter 2022, Elsa Schiaparelli’s original bow sweater started a revolution when she first developed it in the ’20s.
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Overview. Title: Sweater. Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973) Date: ca. 1935. Culture: French. Medium: wool, wood. Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955. Accession Number: 2009.300.2418.
Elsa Schiaparelli creates her first trompe l’œil motif on a hand-knit sweater for herself. The black and white pullover boasts the illusion of a bow, pierced heart, skeleton, or a sailor tattoo. Admirers are drawn to the chic optical illusion effect of Elsa’s sweater and it achieves immediate international popularity, serving as the ...
Sweater. Elsa Schiaparelli's first collection in 1927 featured several sporty sweaters that set the tone for her future Surrealist-tinted collections. Many featured trompe l'oeil bows, collars and cuffs. She continued to provide casual, sporty options even ten years later, such as this vibrant fuchsia sweater.
Jul 1, 2022 · A Brief History of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Iconic Bow Sweater. By Laird Borrelli-Persson. Fashion. A 1970s Fashion History Lesson: Disco, Designer Denim, and the Liberated Woman. By Lilah Ramzi.
For her first collection in 1927, Elsa Schiaparelli designed several sporty sweaters that featured geometric motifs and trompe l'oeil bows, collars and cuffs. Her interest in Surrealism, particularly trompe l'oeil or objects that are not as they seem, would continue throughout her career.
