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WOMEN’S DRESS as an ART: 4 greatest collabs in fashion history
Once upon a time, French monarch Louis XIV, who otherwise known as the King of Couture, pronounced the following words that became the holy gospel of truth in fashion for centuries to come: “Fashion is the mirror of history.” Our clothing has, indeed, always been a reflection of our society and history, always reacting to every major social movement, be it war or rethinking of human sexuality and gender. What can immortalize the women’s beauty better than delicate artistic skills? Let’s delve into the past together and discover some haute couture masterpieces, created with world-wide famous knights of the brush.
Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali “Lobster dress” (1937) When roaring 20s had passed the baton to a new decade, there followed a new verge of aesthetic shock for couture lovers. Now all of the gossips, mixed with shock and delight, swirled around the Italian-born French couturière Elsa Schiaparelli. Her garments represented the cat-in-the-hat and were practically screaming Schiaparelli’s rebellious character. Despite a worth-delight tailoring skills, Elsa preferred to walk to the beat of her own drum. And so, Paris had nothing to do expect to cordially welcome the eccentric designer into their fashion circles with her fuchsia shade evening gowns, frivolous clasps and buttons shaped as astrological signs, and shabby shoes on top of the lady-like hat. It was therefore not surprising that Schiaparelli’s whimsical designs caught the eye of an equally whimsical surrealist, the genious-to-the-veryElsa Schiaparelli (up) absurd painter Salvador Dali. and Salvador Dali (left) 38 mover-magazine.com
