The Brand Is French, But the Woman Is Italian In 1890, Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was born in Rome as the youngest of two girls. According to a 1930 New Yorker profile on the designer ...

Schiaparelli pink! This dress, circa 1937, appeared in Vogue last year on the eve of the Met Gala. If you love this shade of pink, you have Schiaparelli to thank.

Elsa Schiaparelli, known as the Queen of Fashion, was the supreme innovator of dress design in the first half of the 20th century. Based in Paris, she seemed to know what women wanted before ...

Shock and Awe Model Guinevere Van Seenus wears the designer's shocking-pink dress (fall 1937), silk-velvet bolero with metal embroidery by Lesage (fall 1938), and Starburst earrings, c.mid-1930s.

It was an original Shocking by Schiaparelli loose powder box, found at an L.A. flea market by a friend, that inspired 1998’s now-classic shocking-pink lipstick, Schiap.

Abrams, $21.95 (56p) ISBN 978-1-4197-1642-3 Wedge shoes, shoulder bags, themed fashion collections, and the color hot pink are only a few of the firsts credited to designer Elsa Shiaparelli.

Elsa Schiaparelli, known as the Queen of Fashion, was the supreme innovator of dress design in the first half of the 20th century. Based in Paris, she seemed to know what women wanted before ...