Elsa schiaparelli designs

A pioneering Parisian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli was born on September 10, 1890, in Rome, Italy. After working at a boutique in New York, Schiaparelli moved to Paris, where she began…

Elsa Schiaparelli couldn’t sew and she didn’t sketch, yet she stormed Paris fashion in the 1920s and 1930s. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the mo…

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was an Italian fashion designer. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the mos...

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A new book on early-20th-century Italian-born couturier Elsa Schiaparelli— by master biographer Meryle Secrest — makes a strong argument for not only re-examining her status in the fashion firmament, but also her role as an avant-garde artist, in the same camp as her friends and collaborators Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau.

Twentieth-Century Fashion in Detail (V & A Fashion in Details) : Valerie D. Mendes, Claire Wilcox

“In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.” Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli was a bold risk taker, one whose eccentric, flamboyant designs brought apparel in line with 20th century, avant-garde art movements including Dada and Surrealism. Recognised today as one of the most prominent and influential voices from the Parisian 1930s, 40s and 50s, Schiaparelli’s adventurous...

A starfish made from diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and pearls would go limp when picked up and could be arranged to cling to a wearer’s arm—or even a breast.

After a season that focused below the wrist, we look at some of our favourite hands in fashion – from Schiaparelli to Jacquemus

Elsa Schiaparelli Shocking Pink dress illustration

In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous. - Elsa Schiaparelli. We might find the fashion of the "Hunger Games" capitol citizens outrageous, but our grandmothers just think it's 1930s haute couture.

Evening Dress (Skeleton Dress), 1938 Collection of the Salvador Dali. Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2017; Courtesy of © Schiaparelli archives.

Jean Cocteau for Elsa Schiaparelli