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Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was born at the Palazzo Corsini, Rome. [8] Her mother, Giuseppa Maria de Dominicis, [9] was a Neapolitan aristocrat. [10] Her father, Celestino Schiaparelli, a Piedmontese, was an accomplished scholar with multiple areas of interest. [11]
Maison Schiaparelli is a haute couture house created by avant-garde Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1927, [1] and moving towards luxury ready-to-wear after being bought in 2007 by Diego Della Valle.
Schiaparelli donated her own copy of the dress to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1969. [3] The dress was extensively analysed by Claire Eldred in her essay "Encounters and Exchanges with Elsa Schiaparelli's Lobster Dress: an Object Biography" in the 2019 book Fashion and Contemporaneity: Realms of the Visible. [9]
Berenson's maternal grandmother was the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, [5] [1] and her maternal grandfather was Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a theosophist and psychic medium. [4] [6] [7] Her younger sister, Berinthia, became a model, actress, and photographer, and was known as Berry Berenson. She was married to actor Anthony Perkins.
Schlumberger began his career creating buttons for Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s. Schiaparelli later commissioned him to design costume jewelry for her firm. During World War II, Schlumberger was an officer in the French Army and survived the Battle of Dunkirk.
Berenson's maternal grandmother was the Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, [5] and her maternal grandfather was Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a Theosophist and psychic medium. [1] [6] [7] Her elder sister, Marisa Berenson, became a well-known model and actress.
Schiaparelli is a Parisian couture house founded in 1927 by Elsa Schiaparelli, a designer known for her bold, surrealist styles. The house went bankrupt in 1954, but was revived in the 21st century, presenting its first new runway collection in 2014.
Schiaparelli is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), Italian-born French fashion designer; Ernesto Schiaparelli (1856–1928), Italian Egyptologist; Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910), Italian astronomer who made the observations that produced the false idea of "canals" on the surface of Mars