Elsa Schiaparelli was a singular presence on the mid-twentieth-century fashion landscape. She was Italian, born to an academic father and an aristocratic mother. "Wild" Elsa eschewed a traditional path in life from a young age. The young woman refused to consider suitable men for marriage, instead eloping with a psychic medium and fleeing with him… Continue reading Designer Diaries – Elsa Schiaparelli and The Duchess of Windsor