FASHION

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.


Marco Zanini in the Schiaparelli headquarters in Paris.
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Marco Zanini in the Schiaparelli headquarters in Paris.

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The new Schiaparelli headquarters, with the original 1937 birdcage by Jean-Michel Frank.

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Elsa Schiaparelli, 1932

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The designer as seen by Cecil Beaton, 1934

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Original paintings by Marcel Vertès, used as ads for Schiaparelli’s Shocking and Sleeping perfumes.

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A telephone powder compact designed by Dalí for Schiaparelli.

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A Schiaparelli illustration from 1935

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The dining room in Place Vendôme.

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A Vertès ad for Sleeping.

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An original perfume bottle.

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Farida Khelfa and Zanini. Khelfa wears a Schiaparelli dress, from the tribute collection Hommage à Elsa by Christian Lacroix.

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An ad for Snuff perfume.

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Schiaparelli dress printed with small turtles near the neckline, 1937.

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A 1953 collage by Vertès.