Suit
Designer
Elsa Schiaparelli
(1890 - 1973)
Winter 1935-1936
Black wool, red synthetic yarn, jet beads, and glass beads
Gift of Theodora Pierce
Object number87.70.2
The woven cloth has weft elements of red, manmade yarns that may be cellophane, a material with which Schiaparelli had experimented in previous collections. In her “Twelve Commandments for Women,” Schiaparelli offers advice on how women can develop non-wasteful patterns of consumption: “They should buy little, and only of the best or the cheapest.”
DescriptionEvening suit in black wool woven with horizontal stripes of red synthetic yarns and strings of jet beads; jacket with band collar and long raglan sleeves cut in one with back shoulder yoke, single red jeweled CF button; straight skirt with red plastic side zipperCollections
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