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“SHOCKING”! THE ART AND FASHION OF ELSA SCHIAPARELLI September , 00 - January , 00 Writing in The New Yorker in 1 , Janet Flanner observed that “a frock from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas,” and the Paris fashion designer herself defined dressmaking as an art rather than a profession. The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates the extraordinary Elsa Schiaparelli--acknowledged by her contemporaries as the style arbiter of the 1 0s--in the first major retrospective exhibition and catalogue to examine the ways in which her creations mirrored the social, political, and cultural climate of her times. This survey explores the Italian-born designer’s career from its modernist beginnings in the 1 0s, through its connections with surrealism, to the upheavals of war, the business struggles in the years thereafter, and finally the closure of her salon in 1 . It is particularly appropriate that this project has been undertaken by an American museum, for Schiaparelli readily acknowledged that her special relationship with the United States--sparked by the sale of a trompe l’oeil sweater to an American buyer in 1 --was the foundation of her great success, and her impact upon and relationship with the American fashion industry is considered here in detail for the first time. Schiaparelli designed for the modern woman: she created the practical wardrobe for aviator Amy Johnson’s solo flight to the Cape Town in 1 ; the culottes for tennis champion Lily d’Alvarez that outraged the English lawn tennis establishment in 1 1; and the interchangeable wardrobe that she herself wore on her extensive travels. She had a close relationship with the Parisian artistic community, posing for Man Ray and collaborating with such artists as Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, Alberto Giacometti, and Marcel Vertes for designs of clothing, fabric, embroidery, jewelry, and advertising. Schiaparelli was prized by women on the best-dressed list,including Millicent Rogers, Daisy Fellowes, Mrs. Harrison Williams, and Lady Mendl, and the clothing they wore will be among the items featured in this selection. Schiaparelli’s involvement with film and theater costume was equally celebrated--her designs appeared in more than thirty motion pictures, including Every Day’s a Holiday with Mae West and Moulin Rouge with Zsa Zsa Gabor--and is the subject of study here for the first time. Presentazione per la mostra permanente del Philadelphia Museum of Art Elsa Schiaparelli un’artista alla moda

…Eccentrica fino a scuotere il rosa dal suo pallore, per trasformarlo in “Shocking”, tinta cult delle sue collezioni e titolo della sua autobiografia… Francesca Tumiati, Stupore in rosa shocking, Gioia,0 /01/ 00 …A anni dalla sua prima edizione in lingua inglese e francese, il libro esce per la prima volta in Italia. Questa sorta di romanzo, spesso narrata in terza persona, conduce il lettore nei meandri del processo creativo, nella realizzazione del sogno di una bambina che, credendosi brutta, si cosparge il viso di semi di fiori, perché il suo volto sbocci finalmente e diventi uno splendore. Una bambina che, da quel momento in poi, dedicherà la sua vita alla ricerca impossibile della bellezza assoluta… Ivan Cotroneo, Elsa Schiaparelli, Rolling Stone, 01/0 / 00 …La moda, così come la fotografia, ha sempre incontrato difficoltà ad essere considerata arte a tutti gli effetti. È un argomento ricorrente di cui ancora oggi si dibatte. A voler semplificare e dissipare ogni dubbio, basta nominare Elsa Schiaparelli. La sua vita e la sua opera sono la testimonianza che la moda può essere arte vera, assoluta. L’haute couture di Schiap, così la chiamavano gli amici, si nutre e dialoga con l’arte. La sua invidiabile vita, raccontata appassionatamente in questo libro è la prova diretta che la creatività, in qualunque modo si manifesti, si fonda necessariamente sulle scelte che si fanno e che si può fare della propria vita un’opera d’arte… Ettore Bellotti, Moda e Arte, Domus, aprile 00 . …Fra le pagine di shocking life ricorrono, verbi come “ lottare”, “combattere”, “resistere”, spie del desiderio di infrangere convenzioni , stili e soprattutto di fuggire dal suo mondo, quello dell’alta ed oziosa borghesia… Marco Dotti, Elsa la donna-lampo, Alias. Il Manifesto- /01/ 00 …Il gusto altissimo di Schiaparelli si è formato attraverso la curiosità, dal fatto di trovarsi a Parigi, conoscere e collaborare con grandi artisti e da una base culturale solida. Per fare abiti eleganti (l’eleganza è disciplina) occorre essere eleganti nella propria testa, nei propri gesti, se questi sono volgari, o banali, lo saranno anche gli abiti. Se il creatore non è colto,la sua opera sarà nelle migliori delle ipotesi inutile o copiata o banale… Ettore Bellotti, Moda e Arte, domus, aprile 00 . “Più surrealista dei surrealisti “, come osserva Natalia Aspesi nella prefazione Tuttolibri- Il genio di Elsa, 0 /1 / 00 ...Divertente, dissacrante, un po’ folle: nessuno provocava come lei, nessuno fra i suoi colleghi fu altrettanto audace e travolgente. Laura Laurenzi, Marisa Berenson-mia nonna Elsa Schiaparelli, l’artista, IL VENERDì di repubblica, novembre 00 . Folle perchè non sapeva decisamente nulla di sartoria. Il suo coraggio , pertanto, senza limiti e folle. Giulia Crivelli, La cerniera lampo che rivoluzionò la moda, Nova - Il Sole ore- 1/0 / 00 Strano che il suo paese, l’Italia, non le abbia mai dedicato una mostra, non abbia mai celebrato una vera artista… Laura Laurenzi, Marisa Berenson-mia nonna Elsa Schiaparelli, l’artista, op.cit. Elsa Schiaparelli un’artista alla moda Rassegna stampa

“SHOCKING”! THE ART AND FASHION OF ELSA SCHIAPARELLI<br />

September , 00 - January , 00<br />

Writing in The New Yorker in 1 , Janet Flanner observed that “a frock from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas,” and the Paris<br />

fashion designer herself defined dressmaking as an art rather than a profession. The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates the extraordinary<br />

Elsa Schiaparelli--acknowledged by her contemporaries as the style arbiter of the 1 0s--in the first major retrospective<br />

exhibition and catalogue to examine the ways in which her creations mirrored the social, political, and cultural climate of her times.<br />

This survey explores the Italian-born designer’s career from its modernist beginnings in the 1 0s, through its connections with surrealism,<br />

to the upheavals of war, the business struggles in the years thereafter, and finally the closure of her salon in 1 . It is particularly<br />

appropriate that this project has been undertaken by an American museum, for Schiaparelli readily acknowledged that her special relationship<br />

with the United States--sparked by the sale of a trompe l’oeil sweater to an American buyer in 1 --was the foundation of her<br />

great success, and her impact upon and relationship with the American fashion industry is considered here in detail for the first time.<br />

Schiaparelli designed for the modern woman: she created the practical wardrobe for aviator Amy Johnson’s solo flight to the Cape Town in 1 ; the<br />

culottes for tennis champion Lily d’Alvarez that outraged the English lawn tennis establishment in 1 1; and the interchangeable wardrobe that she<br />

herself wore on her extensive travels. She had a close relationship with the Parisian artistic community, posing for Man Ray and collaborating with<br />

such artists as Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, Alberto Giacometti, and Marcel Vertes for designs of clothing, fabric, embroidery, jewelry, and advertising.<br />

Schiaparelli was prized by women on the best-dressed list,including Millicent Rogers, Daisy Fellowes, Mrs. Harrison Williams, and Lady Mendl,<br />

and the clothing they wore will be among the items featured in this selection. Schiaparelli’s involvement with film and theater costume was equally<br />

celebrated--her designs appeared in more than thirty motion pictures, including Every Day’s a Holiday with Mae West and Moulin Rouge with Zsa<br />

Zsa Gabor--and is the subject of study here for the first time.<br />

Presentazione per la mostra permanente del Philadelphia Museum of Art<br />

Elsa Schiaparelli un’artista <strong>alla</strong> <strong>moda</strong>

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