Elsa Schiaparelli Biography

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NAME: Elsa Schiaparelli
OCCUPATION: Fashion Designer
BIRTH DATE: September 10, 1890
DEATH DATE: November 13, 1973
EDUCATION: University of Rome
PLACE OF BIRTH: Rome, Italy
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Nickname: "Shiap"
Full Name: Elsa Schiaparelli

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Elsa Schiaparelli was one of the world's leading fashion designers in the 1920s and '30s.

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Final Years

Schiaparelli discontinued her couture business in 1951 and closed her design house three years later, but continued to work in fashion, designing accessories and, later, wigs. In 1954, she released an autobiography, Shocking Life.

Schiaparelli died on November 13, 1973, in Paris, France. In the decades since her death, Schiaparelli has continued to be regarded as a giant in the fashion world. In 2012, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art featured her work,

along with that of Italian designer Miuccia Prada, in a major exhibition.

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