Shocking! : the art and fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli / Dilys E. Blum.

Shocking! : the art and fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli /

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"Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was the premier style arbiter of the 1930s - a favorite designer of women who made the best-dressed list, of female sports heroes, and of film and theater actresses. This book is the first comprehensive look at the work of this startling and innovative Paris fashi...

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Online Access:Digital bookplate
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Main Author: Blum, Dilys, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2003.
Subjects:
Schiaparelli, Elsa, > 1890-1973.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, > 1890-1973 > Exhibitions.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, > 1890-1973 > Exhibitions > 2003 > Philadelphia (Pa.)
Schiaparelli, Elsa, > 1890-1973 > Philadelphia (Pa.) > Exhibitions.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, > 1890-1973
1900-1999
Women fashion designers > France > Biography.
Women fashion designers > France > Exhibitions.
Fashion designers > France > Biography.
Fashion designers > France > Exhibitions.
Fashion design > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Costume design > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Costume design.
Fashion design.
Fashion designers.
Women fashion designers.
France.
France > Paris.
Biography
Biographies.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Acquisition Notes:Arcadia Library Endowment Fund
Table of Contents:
  • Lenders to the exhibition
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • The beginning
  • Pour le sport
  • Architect of fashion, carpenter of clothes
  • In the shadow of Napoleon
  • After dark
  • Art into fashion, fashion into art
  • Metamorphosis
  • Six collections: The circus comes to town, A pagan collection, Lucky stars, A modern comedy, Return to the bustle, Music in the air
  • A matter of prestige
  • Themes and variations
  • Dressing for film and stage
  • Stylistic and historical chronology.

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