In 1890, Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was born in Rome as the ... Work Best known for her surrealist garments—lobster motif dresses, separates with pockets that looked like desk drawers ...
Years later, under very different circumstances, Schiaparelli returned to New York from 1941 to 1945, keeping her couture house open abroad under trusted supervision. Dominique Maître/WWD/Penske ...