Elsa Schiaparelli, who was known for her amusing ... There are also “angel silhouette” evening dresses inspired by paintings and coats based on choir boys’ “surplices.” ...

The Brand Is French, But the Woman Is Italian In 1890, Elsa Luisa ... she set Schiaparelli on fire at a party once.” Best ...

A new exhibition in Paris on the designer Elsa Schiaparelli shows how her ... During Prohibition, Schiaparelli sold an evening coat with a bustle able to conceal a flask; later, she made a ...

Where was the next-level conversation in the mode of Elsa Schiaparelli, the house founder who made the first wraparound dresses and power ... and a take on the wool evening coat that she created ...

Schiaparelli painted the drawing on a long white evening dress worn by ... from butterflies as patterns on dresses or brooches to esoteric constellations. The extensive exhibition that runs on two ...

Schiaparelli was founded in 1927 by Italian socialite Elsa Schiaparelli ... foresaw how controversial the faux beast-bedecked dresses would be. He said, “Above all, I want people to feel ...

“NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN MAKING THIS LOOK,” Schiaparelli wrote under an Instagram post of its tone-deaf faux-taxidermy wolf, snow leopard and lion head dresses showcased at ... the creepily lifelike ...

Elsa Schiaparelli famously had a range of niche ... where visual explorations of space (both figuratively and literally) abounded. Dresses were sculpted and curved to the high heavens, with ...

Read more of Schiaparelli’s fascinating story ahead, where InStyle has gathered a crib sheet of key facts about her personal and professional life. In 1890, Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was ...

“NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN MAKING THIS LOOK,” Schiaparelli wrote under an Instagram post of its tone-deaf faux-taxidermy wolf, snow leopard and lion head dresses showcased at the fashion house ...