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 ...

And an avid student of history, incorporating the Surrealist signatures of Elsa Schiaparelli herself into his collections ... with looks that clung to the body like a jealous lover. And the ’50s, ...

On Jan. 27, the sun was covered by dense, gray clouds outside the Petit Palais in Paris, where the Italian haute couture ...

The Brand Is French, But the Woman Is Italian In 1890, Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was born in Rome as the youngest of two girls. According to a 1930 New Yorker profile on the designer, ...