friendships and collaborations. Marcel Vertes and Elsa Schiaparelli In
"Moulin Rouge" , American filmmaker John Huston
shows its great to do in the innovative use of color, inspired by the world of French impressionist painters.
"was going to try to use color on the screen as it used Lautrec in his paintings," wrote Huston, and so our idea was to pave the color planes present in solid shades, and get rid of reflections and the third printing dimension presents ".
The film won two Academy Awards: for art direction by Paul Sheriff and Marcel Vertes and costume design, Marcel Vertes responsibility , who called his friend Elsa Schiaparelli to design dresses that Zsa Zsa Gabor looks at the film.
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), one of the most notable creators of the thirties that Paris was able to discover and appreciate from the outset, when this Italian newcomer to the scene presents her first collection in the modest rooms of his apartment in the number 20 Rue de l'Université. Sleeveless sweaters proposed striped fabrics in black and white, shaped beige and black on white rectangles on brown background. These clothes do the talking for Vogue magazine. Months later
Elsa Schiaparelli returns with their sweaters this time with modernist motifs, with skyscrapers, and little knots at the forefront of trompe l'oeil. The indisputable success allows you to open its first boutique in the heart Rue de la Paix, neighboring address the Place Vendome, where he later be installed Coco Chanel his great rival, that simply describes as "an artist who makes dresses, and herself called car "inspired a dressmaker." His "studio" was designed by Jean Michel Frank and decorated with pieces signed by Diego Giacometti, the great Italian sculptor with whom he great friendship. His casual dress and business suits and evening suits also would rage between the elegant French capital. Soon Schiaparelli sits on the French fashion, thanks to the exuberance of its expressiveness, and its proximity to surrealism given his friendships with artists of the time. It was intimate Cocteau, Salvador Dali's of Marcel Vertes, Tristan Tzara, Francis Picabia , and Man Ray among other Dadaists whose spirit strongly influenced their creations.
Elsa Schiaparelli was born in Rome in 1890 and died on November 13, 1973 in his sleep at his home in the Rue de Berri in Paris in the same city where fate had brought from Rome. In the French capital city consecrated applauding some of their most amazing creations in collaboration with the house Lesage, large embroidery of those years: "Circus" (1938) or "Music" (1939) or even best: the layer Phoebuses ", the" Carriage Apollon "or pretending to rip her dress inspired by Dali. The Schiaparelli gave his touch to these little crazy, with imaginative ways, using shoes as hats, or designing handbags as a phone.
was a niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli , who discovered the canals of Mars. She was the first to use pads, pink, calling it shocking pink, animal print fabrics, and zippers.
also designed a series of perfumes, the first and most famous called Shocking was created in 1936. Shocking is less famous for fragrance by packaging: a hot pink box and the bottle-shaped woman's torso, based on the curvaceous body of one of its customers, the movie star Mae West . The design was signed by the sensuality and the sophistication of his friend Marcel Vertes .
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