Shocking! Elsa Schiaparelli’s surreal worlds at the Museum of Decorative Arts (MAD) by Frédéric Blanc (journalist) and Saskia Blanc (photos) for Fashion-Spider. Over the years, the Museum of Decorative Arts (MAD) in Paris has become the place to go for major fashion exhibitions in Paris. After the success of Mugler’s “Couturissime”, the museum celebrates the workof Elsa Schiaparelli for seven months. Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli has established herself as one of the most prestigious French brands. A lover of the arts, she has been nourished throughout her life by her privileged relationship with artists from the middle of the Parisian avant-garde from the 1920s to the 1930s. Almost 20 years after the retrospective dedicated to her in 2004, the MAD wanted to revisit her work in order to make the public discover her innovative fantasy, her taste for performance and her artistic modernity. The exhibition brings together no less than 350 works, including 272 costumes and fashion accessories, paintings, sculptures, jewelry, perfume bottles, …
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