Elsa Schiaparelli was born September 10, 1890 in Rome, Italy.
In 1927, Elsa opened her first salon selling sportswear.
In 1931, Schiaparelli gained worlwide attntion with her design of a divided tennis skirt for Lili de Alvarez.
Schiaparelli was also the first to use shoulder pads in her designs.
From 1936 to 1939, Elsa worked with surrealist artists, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalí and Alberto Giacometti.
Schiaparelli designed Zsa Zsa Gabors costumes for the film Moulin Rouge (1952).
In 1954, her couture house went bankrupt.
Elsa moved to the USA.
Schiaparelli dies November 13, 1973.
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