Elsa schiaparelli's background and her design are dazzling.
Ilsa elsa schiaparelli (1890- 1973), an Italian, was one of the most famous designers in 1930s. Together with coco chanel, the most important opponent in her life, she was regarded as the most outstanding designer during the two world wars. Whenever Chanel mentions elsa schiaparelli, she always says that she is an Italian artist who makes clothes.
Elsa schiaparelli is a genius among designers. Her works are deeply influenced by Dadaism and Surrealism, and even today, they still have a strong influence.
Unlike Chanel, which is dominated by men, elsa schiaparelli has a good family background. Her mother is a nobleman in Naples, and her father is a famous scholar and curator of the medieval manuscript museum. He used to be the president of the University of Rome, and he was quite accomplished in Sanskrit. Her uncle is a famous astronomer, and she even spent a long time learning astronomy from him.
At the age of 22, she ran away from home because she felt that the comfortable and luxurious life had stifled her artistic sense and creativity.
Once, elsa schiaparelli was invited to a dance. Because she didn't have a dress for the dance, she went to buy some dark blue cloth, wrapped herself layer by layer, and then fixed the cloth on herself with a pin. This is probably the earliest work she designed.
1927, she designed a new type of sweater. As soon as this official work was released, it appeared in VOGUE magazine. But what really developed her career was this well-known bow sweater:
At present, the culottes worn by women tennis players were originally designed by elsa schiaparelli. Lily de awar shocked the tennis world when she appeared at Wimbledon at 193 1.
She has had successful cooperation with many famous artists.
Modern art, especially Dadaism and Surrealism, is the most important source of inspiration for elsa schiaparelli. Many contemporary artists have worked with her. Elsa schiaparelli's most famous design was born in the process of cooperation with these artists.
From 65438 to 0937, elsa schiaparelli cooperated with the artist Jean Cocqueteaux to design coats and evening dresses for the autumn collection of that year.
A woman's hand embroidered on the surface of the coat, stroking the wearer's waist, a sleeve covered with long golden hair poured down:
The evening dress is painted with the silhouette of two people's side faces, staring at each other, and the overall pattern presents the outline of a rose vase:
Salvador dali is the most famous of the artists who have cooperated with her. This white silk evening dress designed by 1937, with lobster printed on the chest, was made by Dali.
Shortly before her marriage to Edward VIII, wallis simpson wore this lobster dress in Kandy Castle, and cecil beaton took a series of photos for her:
Dali seems to like lobster very much Since 1934, he has used the image of lobster many times in his works, including the telephone number of lobster:
This worn skirt is one of the circus series in February 1938, and it is also equipped with a thigh-long gauze skirt. The visual effect of this pattern is that the animal's meat is torn. This torn image suggests fresh meat that has been peeled off or even dripped.
This kind of tearing work with visual impact can also be seen in Dali 1936' s three works, namely:
In addition, Dali also designed a skeleton skirt for elsa schiaparelli, which was also included in her circus series. This is a rather plain black crepe skirt. Use embossed cloth to pad the patterns of ribs, spine and leg bones;
1933, Dali's wife, Gaila Dali, took a photo for him, in which Dali was wearing his wife's slippers. Based on this, he designed a shoe-shaped hat for elsa schiaparelli in 1937. This high-heeled hat was once worn on Sha Parelli and many celebrities:
The perfume designed by elsa schiaparelli is famous for its unique packaging and bottle body. When designing clothes for Maywest in Every Day is a Holiday by 1937, a mannequin of Maywest's figure was used, which inspired her to design a famous perfume bottle in the shape of a human trunk.
Although Gui is a talented designer, she still lost to her opponent.
Elsa schiaparelli is a talented designer, but he is not a smooth businessman. Commercial failure makes the name elsa schiaparelli no longer respected by the world like her old rival Chanel. 1934, Time magazine selected designers, calling elsa schiaparelli "a rare top designer of ultra-modern high-end fashion"; However, Chanel's design ranks only in the second echelon.
At the peak of elsa schiaparelli's design, once a work appeared, "before long, every clothing factory in Manhattan would make imitations. From Fifth Avenue in new york to Houhuo Street in San Francisco, thousands of girls will proudly wear clothes with elsa schiaparelli design style, even though they have never heard of this name.
Her works are novel and elegant, eccentric but not vulgar. Compared with other designers, she is crazier and more unique. Although decades have passed, many of her inspirations still deeply influence most avant-garde fashion designs today.