Elsa Schiaparelli（1890-1973），20世纪20年代、30年代和40年代的顶尖时装设计师之一，因其对不寻常事物的天赋而闻名。Schiaparelli是**位使用肩垫和动物图案的设计师，也是令人震惊的粉色的发明者，她与Jean Cocteau、 Alberto Giacometti和 Salvador Dalí等艺术家合作设计了不同寻常的服装，如达利的龙虾裙(Lobster Dress)。Schiaparelli的主顾们都是有钱人，如Katharine Hepburn 和 Marlene Dietrich，她们都欣然接受她大胆但优雅的设计。她为飞行员Amy Johnson1936年飞往开普敦的单飞之行设计了她的全部衣服，她为网球**Lilí Álvarez设计的裙裤激起了草坪网球界的愤怒，她设计的服装出现在30多部电影中，包括梅•韦斯特在电影《每天都是假日》中的服装和《红磨坊》。Schiaparelli非常吸引人的自传记录了她从一个住在充斥着老鼠的公寓的居民到明星们设计师的崛起。

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, was known for her flair for the unusual. The first designer to use shoulder pads and animal prints, and the inventor of shocking pink, Schiaparelli collaborated with artists including Jean Cocteau, Alberto Giacometti, and Salvador Dalí to create extraordinary garments such as the Dalí Lobster Dress. Schiaparelli had an affluent clientele, from Katharine Hepburn to Marlene Dietrich, who embraced her outrageous but elegant designs. She designed aviator Amy Johnson’s wardrobe for her solo flight to Cape Town in 1936 and the culottes for tennis champion Lilí Álvarez that outraged the lawn tennis establishment, and her clothes appeared in more than 30 films, including Every Day’s a Holiday with Mae West and Moulin Rouge. Schiaparelli’s fascinating autobiography charts her rise from resident of a rat-infested apartment to designer to the stars.