Photos: Schiaparelli: A Shocking Return
After years of speculation, one of fashion’s most iconic brands is making its comeback with Marco Zanini at the helm.
The new Schiaparelli headquarters, with the original 1937 birdcage by Jean-Michel Frank.
Elsa Schiaparelli, 1932
The designer as seen by Cecil Beaton, 1934
Original paintings by Marcel Vertès, used as ads for Schiaparelli’s Shocking and Sleeping perfumes.
A telephone powder compact designed by Dalí for Schiaparelli.
A Schiaparelli illustration from 1935
The dining room in Place Vendôme.
A Vertès ad for Sleeping.
An original perfume bottle.
Farida Khelfa and Zanini. Khelfa wears a Schiaparelli dress, from the tribute collection Hommage à Elsa by Christian Lacroix.
An ad for Snuff perfume.
Schiaparelli dress printed with small turtles near the neckline, 1937.
A 1953 collage by Vertès.