Elsa Schiaparelli with Salvador Dalí | ‘The Skeleton Dress’ | c. 1938⠀ ——⠀ To many contemporaries the sinister black skeleton evening dress with its padded representations of human bones was an outrage - an offence against good taste. Although otherwise in elegant harmony with the prevailing lines of late 1930s evening wear, the skeleton dress is so constricted that it became a second skin and the imitation anatomy sat defiantly proud of the fine matt silk surface. Schiaparelli exaggerated the usually delicate trapunto quilting technique to make enormous ‘bones’ - the design was stitched in outline through two layers of fabric, then cotton wadding inserted through the back to bring the design into relief on the front. The shoulder seams and right side are closed by bold plastic zips. (Via @vamuseum Museum No. T.394&A-1974)⠀ ——⠀ #13daysofhalloween #elsaschiaparelli #schiaparelli #salvadordali #dali #dalí #skeleton #halloween #dress #fashion #1930sfashion #30sfashion #couture #style #design #mode #moda # #museum https://www.instagram.com/p/B32YOjyAPw_/?igshid=snowv40dymus
1: Schiaparelli 2: Iris van Herpen 3: Area 4: Valentino 5: S.R. Studio LA. CA. 6: Dior 7: Farhad Re 8: Charles de Vilmorin 9: Ulyana Sergeenko 10: Yuima Nakazato
Deviant la Vie; Timothy White Custom; Mugler; Alon Livné; Monsoori, Naomi Campbell in Schiaparelli Haute Couture; Ashi Studio; Naomi in Alexander McQueen, Adut Akech in Jil Sander
1: Maison Margiela 2: Schiaparelli 3: Iris van Herpen 4: Valentino 5: Ralph & Russo 6: Maurizio Galante 7: Guo Pei 8: Stephane Rolland 9: Viktor & Rolf 10: Ronald van der Kemp