Elsa Schiaparelli Quotes

A collection of quotes by Elsa Schiaparelli.

Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer known for her avant-garde and surrealist style. Born in Rome in 1890, she started her career as an artist, but eventually turned to fashion, opening her own boutique in Paris in 1927. Schiaparelli's designs were characterized by their bold and innovative approach, incorporating elements such as daring color combinations, innovative fabrics, and unique embellishments. She collaborated with artists like Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau, creating iconic pieces like the lobster dress and the shoe hat. Schiaparelli's contributions to the fashion industry continue to inspire designers today.

Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, ne

Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and furbelows, by trinkets, by clothes easy to copy, or by the shortening or lengthening of a skirt.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Fashion

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Food

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Happiness