#French!Elsa

[the-cricket-chirps]

Schiaparelli sketches for the shoe hat, 1937 (above)

Elsa Schiaparelli shoe-hat, Drawing by Marcel Vertès, 1937 (below left)

Elsa Schiaparelli, (designer), Shoe Hat, 1937-1938, Victoria and Albert Museum Collection (below right)

[arthistoryanimalia]

#InsectWeek fashion:

Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973) for Maison Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927) Necklace & Suit, Fall 1938 collection necklace: rhodoid (cellulose acetate plastic) & metal; suit: rayon, silk, plastic Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009.300.1234, 2009.300.2374

Necklace: "From the fall 1938 pagan collection, this iconic necklace epitomizes Schiaparelli's Surrealist tendencies, perhaps more than any other design she executed because of the unreal idea of insects crawling on your skin as a fashion statement. Because of the clear Rhodoid, a type of cellulose acetate plastic, the multicolored insects seem to be resting on the wearer's skin. Rhodoid was a newly developed material and Schiaparelli was unafraid of using inventive materials for her designs. She appreciated the avant-garde quality and element of surprise infused into the design by using unconventional materials. The pagan collection was inspired by Botticelli's lush paintings; therefore flowers, woodland creatures, foliage, and insects decorated dinner suits, evening gowns and accessories. The multicolored metal insects were also seen securing a ribbon hatband on a doll hat and resting on the collar of a suit [shown here]. This necklace was worn by Millicent Rogers (who also owned the suit previously mentioned), one of Schiaparelli's best clients who was brave enough to wear her outré designs."

Suit: "Elsa Schiaparelli was influenced by the Surrealist art scene of Paris in the 1930s, and references to that movement frequently materialize in her designs. Artists were using collage, photography and paint as their medium; Schiaparelli was using clothing. Here, in a suit from her fall 1938 Pagan collection, she incorporates three elements that have become hallmarks of her career-- interesting fabric, Surrealist elements and unconventional buttons. Schiaparelli scoured fabric houses to find fabrics that perfectly translated her artistic ideas. The crepe used for this jacket and dress is highly textured, adding a rough dimension to the overall design. The Surrealist elements here, the plastic bug ornaments, are shockingly realistic and in juxtaposition to the delicate pink silk of the collar where they rest. As Dilys Blum states in Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli, many designs from this collection featured earthy decorations inspired by Botticelli's paintings, like flowers, fruits, animals and insects. Buttons were another form of expression for Schiaparelli. In this case, the leaf-shaped buttons represent foliate forms, another common motif seen throughout the Pagan collection. This unusual ensemble would require a certain level of fashion bravado, and the previous owner, Millicent Rogers, definitely possessed that."

[dinneratgrannys]

ONCE UPON A TIME REWATCH: 4.06, FAMILY BUSINESS Magic always comes with a price, but if mother’s death taught me anything, it’s that sometimes a hero has to sacrifice everything to save the people they love.

[chicinsilk]

Chanel Haute Couture Collection Fall/Winter 1960-61. Slingbacks, Raymond Massaro. Photo Willy Rizzo. Model Elsa Martinelli.

Chanel Collection Haute Couture Automne/Hiver 1960-61. Slingbacks, Raymond Massaro. Photo Willy Rizzo. Modèle Elsa Martinelli.

[drippingalchemy]

[ilromagnollo84]

KRISTINA SEMENOVSKYA / ASTRID MUÑOZ

AMBER VALLETTA / GEORGINA GRENVILLE

KIRSTY HUME / GRETHA CACAZZONI

ELSA BENITEZ / ESTHER DE JONG

"JANE AUSTEN GOES TO MARRAKECH" COLLECTION

GIVENCHY RTW SS 1997

BY JOHN GALLIANO

[the-cricket-chirps]

Man Ray, Elsa Schiaparelli, 1933

[champagnexowishes]

[britishchick09]

rewrite erik holding the olympic torch! ;D

[honkaigakuen]

persona x et mourir de plaisir

[gerard-menjoui]

Elsa Hosk (400x640)

Crédit: Gérard Menjoui

[vintagevoiture]

Elsa Schiaparelli Créatrice de mode italienne (1890-1973) Expo Shocking : les mondes surréalistes d'Elsa Schiaparelli Musée des Arts Décoratifs Paris.Wikipédia

[glassheartloves-blog]

Sweet sweet Memories....<3 Also a few of my old Photos from Paris.

[msburgundy]

the way i found out the dorinda's spanish boyfriend, joaquin, is actually dutch actor golan yosef is because he was in a very bizarre french musical rendition of dracula (in which he was dracula, but as a non-speaking character?)

[chicinsilk]

Yves Saint-Laurent Haute Couture Collection Spring/Summer 1971. Models Elsa, Dominique Pommier, Jacqueline, Barbara and Annie. Sandals by Roger Vivier.

Yves Saint-Laurent Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1971. Mannequins Elsa, Dominique Pommier, Jacqueline, Barbara et Annie . Sandales de Roger Vivier.

Photo Bruno Barbey.

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

oh theres a language barrier here