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, ...

And an avid student of history, incorporating the Surrealist signatures of Elsa Schiaparelli herself into his collections ...

Princess Karam of Kapurthala significantly influenced fashion by blending Indian heritage with European haute couture. Her unique style captured the a ...

With personal ties to Christian Dior, Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, the pair had unmistakable style. The crossover ...

Elsa Schiaparelli created her first trompe-l’oeil sweater in 1927. Channeling her playful deceptions and fanciful silhouettes, current creative director Daniel Roseberry has made the avant-garde ...

So went the 1940s—a decade split into wartime devastation and scarcity, followed by peacetime innovation and abundance.