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[Elsa Schiaparelli] ✓ Shocking Life ☆ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Shocking Life And it fell madly in love with her.”— Yves Saint Laurent“A dress from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas.”—Janet Flanner, The New YorkerElsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. She smacked it. She tortured it. “She knew everyone from Paris to Hollywood, collaborated with the Surrealists, and left her indelible mark on the world of fashion.” —Vog
| Title | : | Shocking Life |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.36 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1851775153 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
Her garments are part of the permanent costume and textiles collections at major museums. . About the Author Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) is best known for translating Surrealism into fashion art. Known for her flair for the unusual, she was the first to use shoulder pads and animal prints, and is the inventor of shocking pink
You left wandering where the 'shocking' was left. For a fashion designer that in her time invented the newspaper print, the bottle perfume made as a little body -now copied by Gaultier-, the first zipper in a haute couture dress and a variety of items from hats to shoes and dresses inspired by surrealism and dada, this autobiography lacks of real interest in design and fashion.Have you ever met such a lady so . Sarah Mascara said Shockingly charming. An absolutely charming little read, it lacks a lot of in depth discussion about her creative process, but it makes up for it in the delightful characterization of one of the most fascinating women designers of the "Shockingly charming" according to Sarah Mascara. An absolutely charming little read, it lacks a lot of in depth discussion about her creative process, but it makes up for it in the delightful characterization of one of the most fascinating women designers of the 20th century. Schiap, as she refers to herself in the Shockingly charming An absolutely charming little read, it lacks a lot of in depth discussion about her creative process, but it makes up for it in the delightful characterization of one of the most fascinating women designers of the 20th century. Schiap, as she refers to herself in the 3rd person (before switching fluidly back to 1st person), comes across the pages as a singular . rd person (before switching fluidly back to 1st person), comes across the pages as a singular . 0th century. Schiap, as she refers to herself in the Shockingly charming An absolutely charming little read, it lacks a lot of in depth discussion about her creative process, but it makes up for it in the delightful characterization of one of the most fascinating women designers of the 20th century. Schiap, as she refers to herself in the 3rd person (before switching fluidly back to 1st person), comes across the pages as a singular . rd person (before switching fluidly back to 1st person), comes across the pages as a singular . a mother-daughter book Molly Haskell Elsa is a fascinating figure, especially as seen through the eyes of a girl growing up and wanting to spread her wings, but the book is really a fabulous mother-daughter story. It is brilliant and funny and original--the way the text and the illustrations play off each other--but at the heart is the portrait of a mother whose beauty was essential to her sense o
And it fell madly in love with her.”— Yves Saint Laurent“A dress from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas.”—Janet Flanner, The New YorkerElsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. She smacked it. She tortured it. “She knew everyone from Paris to Hollywood, collaborated with the Surrealists, and left her indelible mark on the world of fashion.” —Vogue “She slapped Paris. Her fascinating autobiography, first published in 1954, charts her rise from a rat-infested apartment in Rome, to success in fashion, through the war years when she worked for the American Red Cross, to her eventual role as designer to the stars.. She bewitched it
Her garments are part of the permanent costume and textiles collections at major museums. . Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) is best known for translating Surrealism into fashion art. Known for her flair for the unusual, she was the first to use shoulder pads and animal prints, and is the inventor of shocking pink
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