In 1927, the late Elsa Schiaparelli founded her eponymous Italian fashion label, bringing surrealism and imaginative fashion to the mainstream. Pushing the boundaries of style, Schiaparelli challenged the norms of fashion. From her first handknit sweater with a trompe l’oeil bow motif to her collaboration with the Russian French writer Elsa Triolet to create the Aspirin Necklace, which used porcelain beads reminiscent of the pain-relieving tablets, the brand wittily merged
