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Apr 1, 2012 · 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. The controversial book shocked her family and, as a result, she was sent to a convent. Schiaparelli soon went on hunger strike ...
Introducing Elsa Schiaparelli. 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 ...
Jul 3, 2022 · Schiaparelli was a designer who put things where they should not have been: hands on belts, aspirin on necklaces, cicadas on buttons, claws on the fingertips of gloves.
Mar 25, 2024 · Elsa Schiaparelli, Claw gloves, Winter Collection 1938-39. Maison Schiaparelli. Elsa Schiaparelli, Evening gloves, 1939. Maison Schiaparelli. A few years later, a Surrealist artist appeared who created very similar designs for gloves inspired by Schiaparelli’s collection: Her name was Meret Oppenheim. In Oppenheim’s artworks, whether we are ...
Fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 – 1973) was a provocateur who took pleasure in challenging typical notions of dress. Witty, elegant and often strikingly surreal, her designs incorporate humour and surprise, inviting the viewer to look and look again. Schiaparelli worked within the ...
Mar 29, 2022 · Elsa’s Backstory In 1927 Elsa Schiaparelli was a 37-year-old divorcée and single mother trying to eke out a living (while wearing clothing gifted to her by Paul Poiret). Born into an ...
Jul 4, 2022 · The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli” opens with hundreds of the couturière’s detailed fashion drawings printed like wallpaper, plus several originals—including a lithe figure wearing the ...
