Elsa Schiaparelli

(1890-1973)

Italian fashion designer and couturier

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Elsa Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, skee-AHP-, 10 September 1890 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian fashion designer from an aristocratic background. She created the house of Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927, which she managed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's designs celebrated Surrealism and eccentric fashions. Her collections were famous for unconventional and artistic themes like the human body, insects, or trompe-l'œil, and for the use of bright colors like her "shocking pink".

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Born	10 September 1890 Rome, Italy
Died	13 November 1973 (aged 83) Paris, France
Zodiac	Virgo
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