Read more of Schiaparelli’s fascinating story ahead, where InStyle has gathered a crib sheet of key facts about her personal and professional life. In 1890, Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was ...

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 ...

And an avid student of history, incorporating the Surrealist signatures of Elsa Schiaparelli herself into ... Those history lessons led to dresses that channeled what he calls “liquid deco ...