As the house prepares for the haute couture shows in Paris, Vogue looks back at the designer's extraordinary legacy
Found in Agence Eureka blog. Fashion by Elsa Schiaparelli, Excelsior Modes.
Handcrafted jewellery collective based in Tel-Aviv
Evening dress and petticoat of silk crêpe, 'The Skeleton Dress', designed by Schiaparelli and Salvador Dalí, Paris, 1938.
There can be no doubt that Elsa Schiaparelli was one of the greatest fashion designers in history, and yet, it is highly likely that you, or even some of your most fashion savvy friends, aren’t
Elsa Schiaparelli was a prominent figure in fashion and art between the two World Wars by turning the fabric into a painting canvas.
It’s possible that in the post World War II landscape, the world was a very scary place, and people wanted comfort without questioning or defying ideas.
Elsa Schiaparelli was a prominent figure in fashion and art between the two World Wars by turning the fabric into a painting canvas.
Dress designing, incidentally, is to me not a profession but an art. I found out it was a most difficult and unsatisfying art, because as soon as a dress is born it has already become a thing of th…
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.
She used pink so hot it was "shocking" AND made dresses with Salvador Dali. Need I say more?
The Zodiac Jacket From The Elsa Schiaparelli Zodiac Collection Demonstrating that a love of astrology and fashion is alive and kicking, the Schiaparelli Zodiac Jacket was sold (3rd December 2013) by Kerry Taylor Auctions for a whopping £136,400.00. Presented in 1938 the Zodiac Collection, the jacket features Elsa Schiaparelli’s trademark design of the Big Dipper, which was her good […]
Evening dress and petticoat of silk crêpe, 'The Skeleton Dress', designed by Schiaparelli and Salvador Dalí, Paris, 1938.
For fall, Daniel Roseberry, iterated on the bow sweater with which Elsa Schiaparelli made her name 95 years ago. Here is the backstory.
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.
As the house prepares for the haute couture shows in Paris, Vogue looks back at the designer's extraordinary legacy
THE HEADDRESS Elsa Schiaparelli, Countess of Wendt de Kerlor (1890-1973)
Blouse Elsa Schiaparelli, 1938 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Elsa Schiaparelli was a prominent Italian designer who was heavily influenced by surrealism. She collaborated many times with Salvador Dalí. Their most famous collaboration was the Lobster Dress (above), which has inspired a new generation of lobster dresses. The Rodnik Band (2011) Betsey Johnson (2010) Heal Fashion Lab (2009) Alexander McQueen (2009) David Szeto (2004)
La scrittrice Elena Favilli racconta in una fiaba la vita della stilista iconica Elsa Schiaparelli, inventrice del rosa shocking e della zip
Elsa Schiaparelli was a prominent figure in fashion and art between the two World Wars by turning the fabric into a painting canvas.
Elsa Schiaparelli photographed by John Phillips Paris - 1938 last one is her daughter, Countess Maria Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor better known as Gogo Schiaparelli source:life Just finished reading "The Show That Smells" by Derek McCormack . Elsa Schiaparelli is a vampire while her (real life) nemesis Coco Chanel is a vampire hunter. Wordplay, violence, haute couture, country music.
Visionária, inovadora, ousada e surrealista, a estilista italiana radicada em Paris é muito mais do que apenas a rival de Coco Chanel. Conheça mais sobre a vida e obra dessa mulher genial.
A new biography by Meryle Secrest looks at the troubled life of designer Elsa Schiaparelli — renowned as the Queen of Fashion, a glamorous innovator whose career never recovered from World War II.
For his Schiaparelli Fall 2021 couture collection, creative director Daniel Roseberry celebrates his roots and an opulent Matador. x
As the house prepares for the haute couture shows in Paris, Vogue looks back at the designer's extraordinary legacy
