I have a looooong list of Schiaparelli images piling up as I dig into every archive I can, but in the meantime I have these two:
On the left we have Elsa Schiaparelli’s tare pattern dress. On the right her skeleton dress.
Today I got intentionally lost along the Hudson River en route to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here I viewed the Schiaparelli and Prada exhibit.
The harmony of their designs are displayed pairing one’s skirt with another’s jacket, or one’s hat with another’s shoe. Elsa Schiaparelli collaborated with her fellow contemporaries in the surrealist movement, creating unusual textiles and accessories. Miuccia Prada, as well, explores textile innovations and fabric illusion.
Besides their Italian heritage, their fascinatingly similar design sensibilities were decades apart (Schiaparelli in the earlier 20th century, Prada the later). Either way, the corrospondence between their designs was absolutely stunning.
On a side note - I must go again because I spent the majority of my time politely sneaking through tourists’ backpacks and elderly women…
“Dutch designer Eric Klarenbeek has developed jewelry consisting of tiny crystals or flowers that hang directly from the eye via micro-thin medical wire attached to either prescription or blank contact lenses and, in the light, give the appearance of tears streaming down the cheek.”
(via jilljilljilljill)
(Source: mufffliato, via justanotherteenagerebel)
Jacqueline Bradley. Wearable, performative, fashion, art.
Hannah Höch
Thanks a million to my lovely Mina, for offering her time and face so I could get some photos done.
Some of my more recent scarves.
Oh, and I completely forgot about hearing of this one. The Bone Church in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic.
