Evening blouse
Designer Elsa Schiaparelli Italian
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The aesthetic of this striking blouse draws from Middle Eastern dress, particularly the keyhole neck edged with intricate embroidery, reminiscent of Arabic or Persian calligraphy, and the unfitted, slightly T-shaped construction. As Dilys Blum points out in her book on Schiaparelli's career, "Shocking! The Art and Life of Elsa Schiaparelli," many designs from Schiaparelli's collections during this period had a Persian influence, inspired by the 1935 name change of Persia to Iran.
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