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Rosemary: “David I wished you didn’t wear that mask for the photo”

David: “You know I don’t like seeing myself.”

Rosemary: “Yeah yeah, because you think you look like your dad. But it still would had been nice.”

David: “Okay you got your picture, now can we go already before someone notices us.”

Rosemary: “okay fine.”

This Schiaparelli collection, displayed at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, was inspired heavily by Christian Lacroix and his interpretation of his French home town, Arles. The collection combined visual influences from Lacroix’s 1987 debut collection, 1980s nostalgia, and the way Elsa Schiaparelli dressed herself. This came together in looks that consisted of meticulous tailoring, pouf silhouettes, and large brimmed hats.

The incorporation of flowers set in to the deep necklines which are prominent in this collection are inspired by Carolyne Roehm’s book A Passion for Flowers, a book which Daniel Roseberry, Schiaparelli’s current artistic director, grew up admiring. The featured flowers are consist of impeccable embroidery sewn onto silk or leather and molded into petal shapes.

The combination of Roseberry and Elsa Schiaparelli’s visions are evident in Look 7, with the dress envoking Roseberry’s artistic vision and the dangling grape earrings being reminiscent of Schiaparelli’s surrealist inspirations.

Roseberry encapsulated the spirit of the show with the question, “What’s wrong with wanting to make beautiful things?”