Elsa Schiaparelli. The name isn't as familiar to most these days as that of Coco Chanel, but Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was arguably Chanel's biggest rival. Hers is also a name you might be hearing more and more now, as her brand is back on the runways: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/20/us-fashion-france-schiaparelli-idUSBREA0J18Y20140120
In many ways, Schiaparelli reminds me of Isabella Blow (http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-very-full-on-life.html). Both women were individualists who made their own fashion and could not have cared less whether it was "fashionable" at the time or not. They knew that, eventually, it would be: http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Elsa_Schiaparelli and http://www.biography.com/people/elsa-schiaparelli-21075509
In many ways, Schiaparelli reminds me of Isabella Blow (http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-very-full-on-life.html). Both women were individualists who made their own fashion and could not have cared less whether it was "fashionable" at the time or not. They knew that, eventually, it would be: http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Elsa_Schiaparelli and http://www.biography.com/people/elsa-schiaparelli-21075509
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