Schiaparelli Bracelet
View Similar Items
Schiaparelli Bracelet
About the Item
- Creator:
- Dimensions:Width: 8 in (203.2 mm)
- Place of Origin:
- Date of Manufacture:1950's
- Condition:The upper portion of one prong is missing.
- Seller Location:Stamford, CT
- Reference Number:Seller: 2151stDibs: 0911133688
Elsa Schiaparelli
From her signature color Shocking Pink to her collaborations with Surrealist artists, the boldly original Elsa Schiaparelli transformed fashion with her haute couture house from the late 1920s to the early ’50s. Experimenting with elements like trompe l’oeil images and colorful visible zippers, the Italian designer instilled a provocative avant-garde artistry in her clothing and accessories, including those created with Salvador Dalí, such as the lobster dress and a hat shaped like a shoe.
Born in Rome, Schiaparelli was a rebellious child who grew up among the city’s intellectual elite. She had a voracious appetite for reading and became interested in ancient cultures, astronomy and world religions. Schiaparelli studied philosophy at the University of Rome, and after publishing a collection of poems on love and sensuality that so mortified her conservative parents that they tried, unsuccessfully, to confine her to a Swiss convent, she left for London.
A quick marriage to Count Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor brought her to New York, but it would be in Paris following her divorce that Schiaparelli embraced her artistic passions. She moved to the French capital city in 1922 with her young daughter and happened to meet master couturier Paul Poiret, who loaned the stylish Schiaparelli his clothes, sparking her own fashion interests.
Schiaparelli opened her modest atelier in Paris and debuted her first collection of knitwear in 1927, and later that year, she designed a black-and-white pullover hand-knit wool sweater featuring a trompe l’oeil bowknot that captured the attention of the fashion world. Vogue called it “an artistic masterpiece.” The success led to her moving her house to 21 Place Vendôme in 1935 where thousands of garments were produced each year.
Schiaparelli’s knitwear collections were later accompanied by revolutionary swimsuits and other clothing and accessories. Her inventive designs would include culottes — a radical statement in the 1930s when women still could cause a scandal by wearing pants — as well as printed fabric, such as the 1938 Tears dress with a print designed by Dalí making it appear as if the evening gown had been savagely ripped.
Schiaparelli was among the first designers to use materials like rayon and Lurex as well as explore wrap dresses and transparent raincoats. She also introduced unisex fragrances and brought her artistic partnerships into jewelry, such as bronze brooches made with Alberto Giacometti and fur-lined bracelets with Méret Oppenheim. As she wrote in her 1954 autobiography Shocking Life, women should “dare to be different.”
Despite her acclaim, her shop closed in 1954 after a tumultuous time during World War II. By then, fashion had moved on with Christian Dior's New Look, and the closure of Schiaparelli's business coincided with a comeback mounted by Coco Chanel, her archrival in the early days.
In 2006, Italian businessman Diego Della Valle acquired the brand and its archives, and the Maison Schiaparelli was reopened in 2012, back at 21 Place Vendôme where Schiaparelli's fearless and enduring work began.
Find vintage Elsa Schiaparelli hats, evening dresses and other clothing and accessories on 1stDibs.
- Schiaparelli Goldtone and Pink Stone Bracelet and EarringsBy House of SchiaparelliLocated in Stamford, CTGreat Schiaparelli loopy "gold"set with pink cabochon stones. Earrings are 1 3/4" high by 3/4" wide by 5/8" deep.Category
Vintage 1950s American Dangle Earrings
- Elsa Schiaparelli Bracelet, Earrings SetBy Elsa SchiaparelliLocated in Stamford, CTSpectacular Elsa Schiaparelli ruby toned and silvered rhinestone jeweled bracelet and earrings. Beautiful condition. Earrings: 1.75 diameterCategory
Vintage 1950s American Beaded Bracelets
- Julianna Easter Egg BraceletLocated in Stamford, CTJulianna bracelet with oval art glass cabochons and rhinestones in oranges and greens.Category
Vintage 1950s American Link Bracelets
- Vintage Enameled Pink Flower BraceletLocated in Stamford, CTVintage gilt and pink enamel flower bracelet with rhinestones and gilt leaves. Includes safety chain.Category
Vintage 1940s French Link Bracelets
- Selro "Silver" Face Bracelet, Costume JewelryBy SelroLocated in Stamford, CTIntricately embellished bracelet with three red synthetic faces, black cabochons, and red rhinestones. 7 1/4" long.Category
Vintage 1950s American Link Bracelets
- Ornate Selro "Silver" Bracelet, Costume JewelryBy SelroLocated in Stamford, CTWide linked bracelet with three African princess faces and red and turquoise cabochons. 7.25" long. 2" wide.Category
Vintage 1950s American Retro Bracelets
- Elsa Schiaparelli BraceletBy Elsa SchiaparelliLocated in Sharon, CTPebble shaped clear crystal over gold nuggets connected with smaller matte gold pebble shaped beads- all out of a resin material. Safety clasp with mirroring arabesque shaped conne...Category
Vintage 1950s French Modernist Link Bracelets
- Schiaparelli Milk Glass Cabochon Leaf BraceletBy House of SchiaparelliLocated in New York, NYSchiaparelli's costume jewelery of the 1950's continued the leit motifs from her pre-war and post-war couture collections. Nature,art, ethnic cultures and influences such as surreal...Category
Vintage 1950s American Link Bracelets
- Elsa Schiaparelli Wide Turquoise Cabochon BraceletBy Elsa SchiaparelliLocated in New York, NYElsa Schiaparelli Baroque revival wide bracelet composed of leafy vine motif textured gilt plate base metal with faux Tibetan turquoise oval cabochons and iridized Aurora pink/blue/...Category
Vintage 1950s American Baroque Revival Link Bracelets
MaterialsGold Plate, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
- Schiaparelli Oversized Topaz Bracelet and Ear ClipsBy Elsa SchiaparelliLocated in New York, NYElsa Schiaparelli's massive bracelet and ear clips of large smokey topaz top facet crystals with citrine and Aurora Swarovski crystal spacers. Extreme...Category
Vintage 1950s American Link Bracelets
MaterialsGilt Metal
- Schiaparelli Oversized Topaz Bracelet and Ear ClipsBy Elsa SchiaparelliLocated in New York, NYElsa Schiaparelli's massive bracelet and ear clips of large smokey topaz top facet crystals with citrine and Aurora Swarovski crystal spacers. Extreme...Category
Vintage 1950s American Link Bracelets
MaterialsGilt Metal
- Elsa Schiaparelli Vintage Faux Turquoise and Rhinestone Cluster BraceletBy Elsa SchiaparelliLocated in North Miami, FLThis beautiful vintage Elsa Schiaparelli bracelet has 5-oval connected discs with faux turquoise and rhinestone clusters against gold filled brass. There is a safety chain on it. Thi...Category
Vintage 1950s American Retro Retro Bracelets
MaterialsTurquoise
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
You Saw It at the Met Ball. Here’s What Camp Fashion Is Really About
This year's Costume Institute exhibition is all about embracing the eccentric.
The Met’s Latest Blockbuster Tells a Powerful Story through 230 Jewels
A captivating show at the Manhattan museum explores how jewelry has ornamented the body through the millennia — and redefines it as high art.