Exhibition 06.26.2009 - 06.28.2009

schiaparelli

curators: azzedine alaïa, carla sozzani

Schiaparelli, exhibition view ph. Sylvie delpech

The display, created by Azzedine Alaïa with the with the complicity of of Carla Sozzani, highlights the dresses on display thanks to a play of light that pays homage to the fashion designer's favourite colour of the interwar period, the famous « rose shoking ».

  • schiaparelli, evening jacket 1937 made in collaboration with jean cocteau, embroidered by Lesage ph. Sylvie Delpech

  • schiaparelli, evening jacket 1937 (detail) made in collaboration with jean cocteau, embroidered by Lesage ph. Sylvie Delpech

Deliberately provocative, known for her originality and taste for surrealism, the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli worked with several artists including her friend Jean Cocteau. From this collaboration was born the mythical bolero designed by Jean Cocteau and embroidered by Lesage, which sits amongst the dresses and suits in the exhibition.

A unique opportunity to admire this collection of creations dating from 1935 to 1950 and coming from the wardrobe of the same family before their sale orchestrated by the Millon Cornette de Saint Cyr study, in collaboration with Françoise Sternbach of the Chombert-Sternbach consulting firm.

  • Schiaparelli, exhibition view ph. Sylvie delpech

  • schiaparelli, 1939, evening bolero in black crepe, embroidered by Lesage ph. Sylvie Delpech