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Shocking! The surreal worlds of Elsa Schiaparelli

Exhibition at the Musée Arts Déco

From July 6, 2022 to January 22, 2023, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs will honor the daring and inspiring work of Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli.Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who drew her inspiration from a close relationship with the avant-garde artists of Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.

Nearly 20 years after the retrospective devoted to her in 2004, the museum has decided to revisit her work, to help the public rediscover her innovative fantasy, her taste for spectacle and her artistic modernity.

"Shocking! Les mondes surréalistes d'Elsa Schiaparelli " (Shocking! The Surreal Worlds of Elsa Schiaparelli) brings together 520 works, including 272 costumes and fashion accessories.and photographs by the greatest names of the period, from Man Ray to Salvador Dalí, from Jean Cocteau to Meret Oppenheim and Elsa Triolet.

This major retrospective also highlights the legacy of Schiaparelli's style, with silhouettes interpreted by famous couturiers paying tribute to him: Yves Saint Laurent, Azzedine Alaïa, John Galliano, Christian Lacroix.

Daniel Roseberry, Artistic Director of Schiaparelli since 2019, interprets Elsa Schiaparelli's legacy.

The exhibition is presented in the Christine & Stephen A. Schwarzman fashion galleries. Schwarzman Fashion Galleries, in a poetic, immersive scenography by Nathalie Crinière.

Admission included.