The road between what’s fashion and what’s art has all the time been blurry, whether you are referencing Salvador Dali’s jewelry, or taking within the red carpet on the Met Gala. In 2022 we’re comfortable with designers and/or artists whose work exists happily undefined somewhere amid these categories. When Elsa Schiaparelli was creating her work within the early twentieth century, she was distinctly ahead of her time. Free from the confines of high society, Schiaparelli worked alongside the Parisian avant-garde to create garments that pushed the boundary of what’s a chunk of clothing to what’s a wearable murals. Fittingly, Paris Couture Week for Fall/Winter 2023 is kicking off with recent exhibit of the avant garde couturier’s oeuvre. From July sixth, 2022, to January twenty second, 2023, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris invites visitors to explore Schiaparelli’s work with Shocking! The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli.
This retrospective includes 272 silhouettes and accessories by Schiaparelli which are presented alongside paintings, sculptures, jewelry, perfumes, ceramics, posters, and images by artists within the Parisian avant-garde of the Twenties and 30s. Schiaparelli’s friends and contemporaries on this show include Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, Meret Oppenheim and Elsa Triolet.
Schiaparelli and Dalí collaborated on a night gown with a big lobster printed on the front that’s on view within the exhibit.
The Lobster dress. Made in collaboration between Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvator Dalí.
Christophe Delliere
The exhibition begins chronologically with themed rooms include the Pagan Collection, the Butterfly Collection, and the Music Collection, and a reconstruction of Schiaparelli’s couture salon. The show ends with a up to date piece made by Daniel Roseberry, the creative director of the home of Schiaparelli. This finale highlights how Elsa Schiaparelli’s influence has given the brand a definite voice and direction that has remained clear to today. On condition that couture is all about highlighting the very finest of crafstmanship and handmade high fashion, there is no such thing as a higher tribute than to one in all the OG couturiers who set the usual for fashion that pushed boundaries. If you happen to’re in Paris this yr, or just a lover of all things fashion, you’ll want to add this show to your to-do list!
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