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 1,413,483 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Elsa Schiaparelli is the 14th most popular fashion designer (up from 16th in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from Italy (down from 912th 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 14 out of 51. Before her are Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Lauren, Maurizio Gucci, Hubert de Givenchy, Donatella Versace, and Tommy Hilfiger. After her are Kenzō Takada, Roberto Cavalli, Mary Quant, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Yohji Yamamoto, and Tom Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 37. Before her are Hermann Joseph Muller, Karl Harrer, Rachele Mussolini, Eduard Dietl, Hans-Valentin Hube, and Jaroslav Heyrovský. After her are Anthony Fokker, Groucho Marx, Beniamino Gigli, Ronald Fisher, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, and Jacques Ibert. Among people deceased in 1973, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 49. Before her are A. S. Neill, Lex Barker, Dickinson W. Richards, Ingeborg Bachmann, W. H. Auden, and Edward G. Robinson. After her are Frances Marion, Frank Costello, Howard H. Aiken, Leo Strauss, Emmy Göring, and Asger Jorn.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elsa Schiaparelli ranks 1,006 out of 5,161. Before her are Gianluca Vialli (1964), Flavio Briatore (1950), Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Claudia Mori (1944), Gaius Lucilius (-180), and Alfonso IV of Aragon (1299). After her are Enrico De Nicola (1877), Bernardino Luini (1475), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Totò (1898), and Lucio Dalla (1943).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Italy

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

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