Is the Museum of Decorative Arts Paris held until January 21, 2023 “Shocking! The surreal worlds of Elsa Schiaparelli. The exhibition highlights the exceptional work of the house of Elsa Schiaparelli, a designer who brought an innovative fantasy and artistic modernity, through her pronounced taste for the spectacle, in her time.
The exhibition brings together 520 works, including 272 costumes and fashion accessories, related to paintings, sculptures, jewelry, perfume bottles, ceramics. Also present are posters and photographs signed by the biggest names such as Jean Cocteau or Salvador Dali, with whom she will form a mythical tandem for their common taste for provocation and scandal, in particular through the famous lobster dress or the shoe hat. .
An exhibition allows you to stroll through the important stages of the Italian artist and his collections such as “Pagan”, “Astrological” or even “Circus” which testify to his talent for surrealism and his taste for freedom to create and reinvent. as much the woman as her femininity, her style and her look through the garment.
This genius stylist knew how to mix art and fashion throughout her collections and the result does not lack panache, even today, since the house was bought and relaunched in 2007. Since 2019, Daniel Roseberry is the artistic director of the house. The latter reinterprets the legacy of Elsa Schiaparelli with talent and extravagance. Her works close the exhibition, an opportunity to see that the Schiaparelli house still has a bright future ahead of it and that the creative work of Elsa Schiaparelli continues and reinvents itself from year to year.
