Biography of Elsa Schiaparelli

The name Elsa Schiaparelli is not known to the general public, but this name is known to true connoisseurs of fashion. This woman along with the legendary Chanel created the fashion of the 20th century. It was this woman who became a pioneer in many respects, as far as the fashion industry is concerned. Elsa Schiaparelli was born into an aristocratic family in Rome, in a family palace. The girl's father is a hereditary aristocrat, in charge of the library, so she spent a lot of time in the library, studying books. Elsa was not a beauty, but a clever girl, and her sister was beautiful and intelligent. The girl since the childhood complexed in this occasion and up to the end of a life tried to hide the lacks.

Once Elsa even began to pour flowers on her face, nose and ears in the hope that they would dissolve and she would turn into a beauty, while the girl almost died, the doctors rescued her. To keep up with her beautiful and clever sister, she studied languages ​​and tried to please her parents with good grades. Despite the fact that Elsa was an intelligent child, she was very inquisitive and experimented. Once she heard about the invention of the parachute and after a while she built her own parachute from the umbrella. With her childish spontaneity and optimism, she decided to try her parachute and jumped from the second floor out of the window. Downstairs there was a pile of dung and the girl was not injured.

At age 13, the girl's father took her first time on a trip to Tunisia. The girl liked the local rich man and he began to pay special attention to her, but then his father intervened and explained to the admirer that the girl was still small for such a relationship. Over time, the girl was sent to study in a Swedish boarding house with a religious deviation. After the girl went on a hunger strike, the father took her from the boarding house and the girl began to live at home. Being already a girl, her parents decided to marry her, but Elsa did not like those boyfriends whom her parents found to her and she twisted novels with creative men. Parents have always been against such hobbies.

Soon, her friend suggested that she work as a governess in London. At the age of 23 she moved to London. In her spare time from governesship, she walked around the city, studied it, attended exhibitions, and one day attended the theosophical lecture of Count William de Wendt de Cerlor. The next day the Earl and Elsa signed, this time the parents could not prevent the early marriage of her daughter, because they were late for the wedding ceremony.

Soon the war began and her husband was out of work, because during the war no one was interested in Theosophy. As for the life of the couple, then William de Wendt de Curlore gave little time to his young wife, they lived constantly on rented apartments, he cheated on her, and she paid bills coming to her from hotels and restaurants. Soon the couple moved to Nice, where relatives of her husband lived, Elsa and her husband settled in a rented apartment, her husband was still not particularly interested in his young wife, she retaliated to play gambling in Monte Carlo. She lost all the money, returned without a penny and the family moved to America. In America, the family life of Elsa collapsed and she divorced her husband, being pregnant with him. Elsa remained alone in an unfamiliar country with almost no money. From that moment, Elsa clearly understood for herself that men should not be given much power over themselves. With a child in her arms, she searched the hotel for a long time, where she could settle with her daughter. At this time, she took on any work and to feed her daughter often remained herself hungry. Elsa called her daughter Yvonne, but at 15 months she noticed that something was wrong with the girl. Turning to the doctor, it became clear that the girl is paralyzed and needs treatment. The doctor who treated Schiaparelli's daughter arranged for her to work, and soon she was able to move with her daughter to Paris. Then Elsa's daughter went on the amendment and her mother arranged for several years in the boarding school.

One day, while walking with her friend, she went to Paul Poire's mansion of a famous Parisian designer. A friend who had money decided to buy herself some things, and Elsa just decided to try on her mantle. Poiret saw Elsa in this coat and asked her to buy it, but she said that she could not afford it and he gave it to her. From that moment she became friends with the great designer.

After this meeting, Elsa decided to get a job in the fashion industry, everywhere she was denied, but Schiaparelli did not lose heart and once she faced a fateful event. A friend from America came to her, she had a simple, but very elegant sweater. Elsa asked her friend, where did she get this sweater and she said that he was bound by an Armenian. Schiaparelli went to this Armenian and ordered her a knitted sweater with a butterfly. Soon she went to dinner for him, after which such a sweater wanted to have many of her friends. Over time, all the Armenians of Paris knit for Schiaparelli.

Soon Elsa decided to start sewing, but since she did not understand anything about it, she came up with an image, and tailors sewed attire. Schiaparelli later opened her salon in which all the fashionable women of Paris gathered and not only. One day a poor actress came to the salon to Elsa, Schiaparelli took pity on her and put her on for free. Later, this actress became very famous. In 1935, Elsa opened her boutique in Paris. In 1936, Schiaparelli made a one-time fashionable color. Before the war, Elsa was one of the most famous French designers. After the Germans occupied Paris, she emigrated, but returned after the war, but now Chanel and Dior ruled a fashionable ball, and Schiaparelli with her images was already yesterday.

In 1954, she released her latest collection and left the fashion world. The rest of her life she lived in Tunisia and Paris, raising her two granddaughters. While retired, she wrote her autobiographical book, which described in detail how to achieve popularity and recognition. This woman died in 1973 at the age of 83 years with her family in Paris. She presented her collection of dresses to museums. Elsa Schiaparelli was buried in her favorite pink pajamas.

Elsa Schiaparelli, unlike her rival, Gabrielle Chanel, created extravagant and at the same time comfortable clothes. She did not adhere to any fashionable laws and did as she saw fit. In the 30-ies of the twentieth century she was the number 1 designer in the world, under her influence, bright colors appeared in the collections of fashion designers. Elsa embodied all her experiences in her numerous collections, she transferred surrealism to clothes. In her collections sought the inspiration of eminent designers. The most ardent follower of her style was the designer Franco Moschino.