Research Catalog

Title

Shocking life : the autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli.

Author

Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973

Publication

London : V&A Publishing, 2018.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lostalé, Beatriz.
• V&A Publishing.

Description

231 pages; 20 cm.

Summary

"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. Schiaparelli had an affluent clientele, from Katherine Hepburn to Marlene Dietrich, who embraced her outrageous but elegant designs. She designed aviator Amy Johnson's wardrobe for her solo flight to Cape Town in 1936, the culottes for tennis champion Lily d'Alvarez that outraged the lawn tennis establishment, and her clothes appeared in more than 30 films including Every Day's a Holiday with Mae West and Moulin Rouge. Schiaparelli's fascinating autobiography charts her rise from resident of a rat-infested apartment to designer to the stars." -- provided by publisher.

Series Statement

V&A Fashion Perspectives

Uniform Title

V&A fashion perspectives.

Alternative Title

Autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli

Subjects

• Fashion design
• Women fashion designers
• France
• France > Paris
• Fashion design > France > Paris > History > 20th century
• Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973
• Women fashion designers > France > Biography
• Biographies
• History
• Autobiographies
• 1900-1999
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
• DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories

Genre/Form

• Autobiographies.
• Biographies.
• History.

Note

• "First published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1954"-- title page verso.
• "This edition published by V&A Publishing, 2018." -- title page verso.
• Cover illustration © Beatriz Lostalé.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Call Number

JFD 19-4267

ISBN

• 9781851779598
• 1851779590

OCLC

1020866736

Author

Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973, author.

Title

Shocking life : the autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli.

Publisher

London : V&A Publishing, 2018.

Edition

Paperback edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

V&A Fashion Perspectives

V&A fashion perspectives.

Bibliography

Includes index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Lostalé, Beatriz.

V&A Publishing.

Research Call Number

JFD 19-4267