Shocking life : the autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli.
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s and 1930s with a flair for the unusual. The first to use shoulder pads, animal print and the inventor of shocking pink, Schiaparelli collaborated with artists including Jean Cocteau, Alberto Giacometti and Salvador Dali, to create extraordinary garments such as the Dali Lobster Dress.0Schiaparelli had an affluent clientele, from Katherine Hepburn to Marlene Dietri...
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