Elsa Schiaparelli
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Elsa Schiaparelli
Winter 1939
68.151.4
Suit; hip length purple wool tweed jacket; notched collar; long sleeves extended and padded at shoulders; broad stitched tuck extending from bust, over shoulders to waist in back; three button closing, large round black leather buttons stamped S (one missing); two deep patch pockets with pointed flaps over plastic zipper closings; narrow half belt in back; lined plum crepe. Purple wool tweed straight midcalf skirt darted to inner waistband; plastic zipper on right side.
Evening set
Elsa Schiaparelli
c. 1952
75.196.1
Pink and white silk stripe and black rayon shantung evening dress; boned strapless bodice of mitered tucked stripes has point at center front concaving to point over side bust; black tapered skirt is gathered at center back seam and caught with lamp shade folds in front; slit at center back hem; bodice backed with white taffeta skirt lined with cotton broad cloth. 7.5 cm. bias tucked cummerbund mitered at center front to match bodice and hook closed at back. 184 cm. x 58 cm. Striped stole with 20 cm. gathered ruffle at either end.