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FASHION DESIGNER

Elsa Schiaparelli

1890 - 1973

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Elsa Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, US also skee-AHP-, Italian: [ˈɛlsa skjapaˈrɛlli]; 10 September 1890 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian fashion designer from an aristocratic background. She created the house of Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927, which she managed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's designs celebrated Surrealism and eccentric fashions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elsa Schiaparelli has received more than 1,254,276 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Elsa Schiaparelli is the 16th most popular fashion designer (down from 15th in 2019), the 915th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,150th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Fashion Designer.

Elsa Schiaparelli was a fashion designer who is most famous for her work in the 1930s. She is known for her use of color and surrealist design.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 16 out of 38Before her are Cristóbal Balenciaga, Donatella Versace, Thierry Mugler, Hubert de Givenchy, Maurizio Gucci, and Kenzō Takada. After her are Jean-Paul Gaultier, Roberto Cavalli, Yohji Yamamoto, Tom Ford, Oscar de la Renta, and Paul Poiret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 36Before her are Michael Collins, Hermann Joseph Muller, Groucho Marx, Bohuslav Martinů, Rachele Mussolini, and Karl Harrer. After her are Hans-Valentin Hube, Eduard Dietl, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Viktor Lutze, Beniamino Gigli, and Nikolai Trubetzkoy. Among people deceased in 1973, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 42Before her are Jean-Pierre Melville, Walter Rudolf Hess, A. S. Neill, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Amílcar Cabral, and Lex Barker. After her are Ingeborg Bachmann, François Cevert, Edward G. Robinson, Howard H. Aiken, Gerard Kuiper, and Frank Costello.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 915 out of 4,668Before her are Franco Baresi (1960), Odilo Globočnik (1904), Nero Julius Caesar (6), Antipope Ursicinus (400), Salvator Rosa (1615), and Isabella Rossellini (1952). After her are Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), Umberto Giordano (1867), Fausta (289), Clementia of Hungary (1293), Carlo Carrà (1881), and Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646).

Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Italy

Among fashion designers born in Italy, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 4Before her are Pierre Cardin (1922), Donatella Versace (1955), and Maurizio Gucci (1948). After her are Roberto Cavalli (1940), Gianfranco Ferré (1944), and Sergio Rossi (1935).