Elsa Schiaparelli

In the 1930s, famous designers such as Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel declared themselves fans.

Romancing the Stone Lettie Teague 2010

Chanel, for example, has prospered into an international powerhouse, while many of Coco Chanel's once-powerful contemporaries -- such as Elsa Schiaparelli and Madeleine Vionnet -- have been relegated to the backpages of history, even if their pioneering designs quietly continue to influence.

Lesley M. M. Blume: The Runways of Yesterday: 9 Designers Worth Revisiting 2009

Next spring, the Met Ball will highlight its show on Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada .

Inside the Plans for L.A.'s Own Met Ball Christina Binkley 2011

There on the left hangs a rare 1940s gown by Surrealist designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

I Love the '90s Lesley M. M. Blume 2011

Daisy Fellowes, long considered the best-dressed woman of her generation, was known for her fashion daring, and confidently wore audacious items like Elsa Schiaparelli's surrealist shoe-shaped hat with a shocking pink heel.

A Salute to Women in Uniform Annette Tapert 2011

Born in Britain, Louise Vava Lucia Henriette de la Falaise was the daughter of an Irish mother, Maxime Birley, who was an occasional model for Elsa Schiaparelli, and a French father, Alain de la Falaise.

LouLou De La Falaise, YSL Muse, Dies At 63 (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

She commissioned local seamstresses to fashion jackets, dresses, peasant style blouses, quilted skirts and hats that she mixed with the high fashions of Paris designers like Elsa Schiaparelli and Mainbocher.

Cherie Burns: What Makes a Fashion Icon? Cherie Burns 2011

Here, the model-actress -- and granddaughter of Elsa Schiaparelli -- talks about her remarkable career, her new book, A Life in Pictures, and what it was like to work with Saint Laurent.

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She commissioned local seamstresses to fashion jackets, dresses, peasant style blouses, quilted skirts and hats that she mixed with the high fashions of Paris designers like Elsa Schiaparelli and Mainbocher.

Cherie Burns: What Makes a Fashion Icon? Cherie Burns 2011

Born in Britain, Louise Vava Lucia Henriette de la Falaise was the daughter of an Irish mother, Maxime Birley, who was an occasional model for Elsa Schiaparelli, and a French father, Alain de la Falaise.

LouLou De La Falaise, YSL Muse, Dies At 63 (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011