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

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, ...

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 ...