Elsa Luisa Giovanna Maria Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer from an aristocratic background. She created Maison Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927, which she managed from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Schiaparelli in 1933, wearing one of her own designs. Portrait by Jean Dunand
Bow-knot sweater designed by Elsa Schiaparelli (1927). Anonymous drawing published on Vogue (Paris), vol. 8, no. 12, 1st December 1927, p. 9
1938–39 Schiaparelli suit with large buttons sculpted by Alberto Giacometti
Evening coat designed in collaboration with Jean Cocteau, London, 1937. V&A, T.59-2005.
Vittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson is an American model and actress. A granddaughter of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, she rose to international prominence in the late 1960s and 1970s. Berenson was a
Elsa Schiaparelli
…Zut! (1948) Schiaparelli's two granddaughters, from her daughter's marriage to shipping executive Robert L. Berenson, were model Marisa Berenson and photographer Berry Berenson. Both sisters appeared regularly in Vogue in the early 1970s. Berry was married to the actor Anthony Perkins, with whom…
Berenson at the 2009 Venice Film Festival