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''A wonderful insight into a life that history hasn''t remembered as well as it should have.'' - Vogue

One of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her collaborations with artists such as Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, and Alberto Giacometti elevated the field of women''s clothing design into the realm of art.

Her story is one of pluck, determination, and talent with scandal as spice. As the daughter of minor Italian nobility whose disastrous first marriage to a Theosophist caused near penury, she transformed herself into a designer of great imagination and, along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she was one of the few female figures in the field at that time.

Elsa Schiaparelli

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''A wonderful insight into a life that history hasn''t remembered as well as it should have.'' - VogueOne of the... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 8/6/2015 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780241966860, 978-0241966860
    ISBN10: 0241966868

    Number of Pages: 416

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    ''A wonderful insight into a life that history hasn''t remembered as well as it should have.'' - Vogue

    One of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her collaborations with artists such as Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, and Alberto Giacometti elevated the field of women''s clothing design into the realm of art.

    Her story is one of pluck, determination, and talent with scandal as spice. As the daughter of minor Italian nobility whose disastrous first marriage to a Theosophist caused near penury, she transformed herself into a designer of great imagination and, along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she was one of the few female figures in the field at that time.

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