Elsa Schiaparelli. Les mondes surréalistes at Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Elsa Schiaparelli (b. September 10^th, 1890, Rome – d. November 13^th, 1973, Paris), who drew much of her inspiration from her close ties to the Parisian avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s. Nearly 20 years since the last retrospective devoted to Schiaparelli at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the time has come to revisit this extraordinary designer’s work, her innovative sense of feminine style, her sophisticated, often eccentric designs, and the thrill that she brought to the world of fashion.