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May 2011. The Italian-born French couturière Elsa Schiaparelli is best known for the iconoclastic bravado and unrestrained, at times brazen, originality of her work. While her contemporaries Gabrielle Chanel and Madeleine Vionnet set the period’s standards of taste and beauty in fashion design, Schiaparelli flouted convention in the pursuit ...
Retrace the fascinating life of Elsa Schiaparelli, the founder of Maison Schiaparelli, from her childhood to her accomplishments and writing her memoirs. WE INVITE YOU TO UPDATE YOUR BROWSER TO DISCOVER THE ESSENCE OF THE HOUSE OF SCHIAPARELLI.
Jul 3, 2022 · A new exhibition in Paris on the designer Elsa Schiaparelli shows how her Surrealist “little jokes” still inspire weirdness today. Style | The Mother of Strange Fashion
Jul 1, 2022 · Elsa Schiaparelli, who was known for her amusing prints, outdid herself in July 1937 with a particularly clever “passion thermometer” motif that depicted mercury rising between the poles of...
Apr 1, 2012 · 1 April 2012. “In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.” Getty Images. Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer. Born in Rome in 1890 to an aristocrat mother and scholar father, she went on to study philosophy at the University of Rome before publishing a book of sensual poetry.
Oct 26, 2014 · But Elsa Schiaparelli is a case apart, for while the designs are certainly beautiful (and frequently batty – it was the Schiap, after all, who created a hat that resembled a lamb cutlet),...
Fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 – 1973) was one of the most remarkable couturiers of the 20th century, known for her subversive, sometimes overtly surreal designs. In this film, Sonnet Stanfill, Senior Curator of Fashion & Textiles, takes a closer look at some of Schiaparelli's most iconic garments, including the 'Shoe' hat and ...
