Object: Dress
Designer:
Elsa Schiaparelli
(1890 - 1973)
Date: 1937
Medium: Silk crepe
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Simeon Braguin
Object number: 83.130.10
DescriptionIvory silk crepe dress with black butterfly print and stylized turtleneck collar shirred at CF and back, short sleeves shaped with inverted pleat, bias cut, with slightly flared skirt and large off white plastic back neck zipper
Label Text:Butterflies, a surrealist symbol for death and metamorphosis, feature prominently on this dress from Elsa Schiaparelli’s 1937 summer collection. The phenomenon of metamorphosis was integral to Schiaparelli’s design philosophy, often used to express the idea of beauty emerging from the mundane. Her whimsical designs transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Force of Nature
- Fashion and Technology