Elsa Schiaparelli by Hans Wild, may 1947 via
Elsa Schiaparelli by Hans Wild, may 1947 via
Elsa Schiaparelli by Hans Wild, may 1947 via
Category Archives: Elsa Schiaparelli
Schiaparelli by André Durst (1936)
André Durst was a French photographer and heir to Marseilles soap. A close friend of the Noailles and the sponsor of Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli, the French photographer caught the eye of Vogue and soon proposed his exquisite and original images to the magazine. His work caught the attention of Condé Nast, who signed him as a Vogue photographer. He eventually became French Vogue’s primary photographer.
His mentor was photographer George Hoyningen-Huené.
André Durst, Elsa Schiaparelli, 1936 via
André Durst, Elsa Schiaparelli, 1936 via
Beautiful Vintage Photos From “Shocking – The Art & Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli”
The now scarce and out of print book “Shocking Schiaparelli” features beautiful images by the surrealist inspired fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli – one of the most influential designers of the 1930s & 1940s.
Photo from “Shocking – The Art & Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli” via
Photo from “Shocking – The Art & Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli” via
Photo from “Shocking – The Art & Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli” via
Photo from “Shocking – The Art & Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli” via
Elsa Schiaparelli in Tunisia by Horst P. Horst (1936)
Elsa Schiaparelli, with a Bedouin dressmaker in Tunisia,1936 by Horst P.Horst via
A Collection of Vintage Photos of 1930s Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli couldn’t sew and she didn’t sketch, yet she stormed Paris fashion in the 1920s and 1930s. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars.
While her contemporaries Chanel and Vionnet set the period’s standards of taste and beauty in fashion design, Schiaparelli flouted convention in the pursuit of a more idiosyncratic style. Her designs were heavily influenced by Surrealists and she Invented the power shoulders, the wedge shoes, the jumpsuit, and the color shocking pink and inspired a generation of unconventional couturiers. Of her contemporaries she described Chanel as “that milliner”, while Chanel once dismissed her rival as ‘that Italian artist who makes clothes”.
Elsa Schiaparelli, 1930’s via
Comtesse de Zoppola in Elsa Schiaparelli, photographed by Edward Steichen, 1931 via
Elsa Schiaparelli & Salvador Dali, Shoe-Hat, 1937/ 1938, wearing by Gala. Photo by André Caillet Fils, c. 1930s via
A model in a Schiaparelli design, 1934 via
The actress Ginger Rogers wearing Schiaparelli’s black velvet “Galyak” coat, 1937 via
Marlène Dietrich in Elsa Schiaparelli evening dress, 1930s via
Mae West in ‘Everyday’s a Holiday’, Elsa Schiaparelli designed her outfit, 1938 via
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