Elsa Schiaparelli belongs to one of the greatest designers of the 20th century. Her fantastic clothes are still admired today. She was born in Italy (Rome) in 1890. Childhood of Elsa was as bright as she was and sometimes she made her parents’ heads go round. It was a shock when Elsa came to a ball in Paris with material just around her body (it was her vision of a dress), everybody was even more shocked when it started to unravel.
When got married when she was only 18-year-old, she gave birth to a baby and afterwards her husband left her. So, she returned to Paris with a young child. In 1928 Elsa had some luck. She created a black sweater with a white bow at the neck and it was shown in the French VOGUE. This time Schiaparelli was shocked, so she hired a group of Armenian women to knit them.That is how her business started. She rented a small room and started designing apparel for Golf, tennis, and other kinds of sport. Since that time her things were welcomed and often guests in VOGUE. Schiaparelli took her inspiration in Surrealism. In 1934 was opened her first shop in London.
In her biography, "Shocking Life", Schiaparelli tells of her delight in designing clothing that transformed the ordinary women, as the internationally recognized ones, into notable beauties.
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