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Jul 5, 2022 · Peter White // Getty Images. You might say the history of 20th century fashion boils down to the 1930s face-off between Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli. Though it is Christian Dior’s...
Oct 2, 2014 · Fiercely independent thinkers and bitter rival Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli changed the course of style forever. This fall, their biographers Rhonda K. Garelick and Meryle Secrest...
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Jul 20, 2021 · The designs of Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaperelli during the 1930s were like chalk and cheese. Coco opted for sleek and neutral, whereas Elsa was working alongside the surrealist art movement of the 1930s. It was inevitable that tensions would rise between the two - and rise they did!
Sep 25, 2017 · Portrait of Nusch Eluard wearing Schiaparelli by Pablo Picasso, 1937. Photo: © SuccessionPicasso 2017/©RMN-Grand Palais (musée national Picasso - Paris)/Adrien Didierjean. Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli was known for her artistic flair, which fueled her rivalry with Coco Chanel.
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Jul 2, 2014 · Portrait of Elsa Schiaparelli, Coco Chanel's chief rival and, in her heyday, a bolder and more innovative designer than Chanel.
Mar 30, 2018 · After the war, everything had changed, and Elsa wasn’t able to make a comeback. She faded out of the spotlight. The House of Schiaparelli closed in 1954 but has been recently revived in 2013. After settling back in after the war, Coco released a new collection in conservative black and white.
Apr 11, 2014 · Two fashion designers led the way: Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel. Schiaparelli had a real sense of fun and an unconventional approach to embroidery. Artist Jean Cocteau designed this visual pun profiles-and-urn motif for her 1937 blue rayon and silk-jersey coat.
