Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli had a real knack for dreaming up things women didn’t know they wanted to wear. Read more ...

Under the gilded ceilings of the Petit Palais, Schiaparelli opened Paris Couture Week with a dazzling spectacle titled ...

And an avid student of history, incorporating the Surrealist signatures of Elsa Schiaparelli herself into ... Those history lessons led to dresses that channeled what he calls “liquid deco ...

And an avid student of history, incorporating the Surrealist signatures of Elsa Schiaparelli herself into ... Those history lessons led to dresses that channeled what he calls “liquid deco ...

The designer also explored a sense of freedom he felt Elsa ... bias-cut dress, it doesn't feel like us, so we draped tulle or georgette over a bustier. That is how we give it that Schiaparelli ...

Read more of Schiaparelli’s fascinating story ahead, where InStyle has gathered a crib sheet of key facts about her personal and professional life. In 1890, Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was ...

Dominique Maître/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images A dress by Elsa Schiaparelli from ... (cocktail hour), and “Salut” (evening); and “Shocking,” sold in a bottle shaped like actress Mae West, who ...