b Protagonists

    Elsa was the niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, a renowned astronomer and director of the Brera observatory, who unwittingly started the legend of Martians on the planet Mars. Ernesto Schiaparelli, an archeologist, directed theEgyptianMuseumofTorinofor many years. Her uncle Luigi Schiaparelli, a paleographer, established the Schiaparelli Foundation. Instead Elsa Schiaparelli …

  Elsa Schiaparelli (Rome, September 10, 1890 – Paris, November 13 1973) was an Italian stylist and seamstress. Along with Coco Chanel, she is considered one of the most influential fashion personalities of the early XX century. She invented shocking pink. Elsa Schiaparelli was born in Palazzo Corsini in a …

  MODEL 2078 EVENING GOWN BY MADELEINE VIONNET SUMMER 1924   Embossed silver lamé, decorated on the sides with a knot design made of gold lamé and bordered by silk and gold thread.

  MODEL 4153 EVENING GOWN BY MADELEINE VIONNET SUMMER 1925   Ivory crepe cut on the bias, embroidered with chevron fringes.

  MODEL 4567 EVENING DRESS BY MADELEINE VIONNET ATELIER PETIT WINTER 1938   Black Possiak Velour adorned with violet and orange colored flower patterns.