Shocking Life: The Autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli : The Autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli EPUB
by Elsa Schiaparelli
Part of the V&A Fashion Perspectives series
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Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, was known for her flair for the unusual. The first designer to use shoulder pads and animal prints, and the inventor of shocking pink, Schiaparelli collaborated with artists including Jean Cocteau, Alberto Giacometti, and Salvador Dalà to create extraordinary garments such as the Dalà Lobster Dress. Schiaparelli had an affluent clientele, from Katharine Hepburn to Marlene Dietrich, who embraced her outrageous but elegant designs.
She designed aviator Amy Johnson’s wardrobe for her solo flight to Cape Town in 1936 and the culottes for tennis champion Lilà Ãlvarez that outraged the lawn tennis establishment, and her clothes appeared in more than 30 films, including Every Day’s a Holiday with Mae West and Moulin Rouge. Schiaparelli’s fascinating autobiography charts her rise from resident of a rat-infested apartment to designer to the stars. First published in 1954, this book is part of the V&A Fashion Perspectives Series.
Selected by V&A publishing in consultation with our world-leading fashion curators, the Fashion Perspectives series offers an access all areas pass to the glamorous world of fashion.
Models, magazine editors and the designers themselves take readers behind the scenes at the likes of Balenciaga, Balmain, Chanel, Dior, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue in the golden age of couture.
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- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:V&A Publishing
- Publication Date:05/03/2007
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:V&A Publishing
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- ISBN:9781851776702