Suit

Designer Elsa Schiaparelli Italian
 Design House House of Schiaparelli French

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Schiaparelli chose realistic beetles and other insects to decorate jewelry, buttons, and suit collars for her fall 1938 nature-based "Pagan" collection. The collection referenced the lush imagery of flora and fauna and mythological figures represented in the two great paintings by Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), "The Birth of Venus" (1485) and "Primavera" (1485). The vividly printed rayon crepe and translucent blue plastic buttons are statements of Schiaparelli's preference for manmade rather than natural materials.

Suit, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973), rayon, plastic (cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate), French

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Suit, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973), rayon, plastic (cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate), French
Suit, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973), rayon, plastic (cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate), French
Suit, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973), rayon, plastic (cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate), French
Suit, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973), rayon, plastic (cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate), French
Suit, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973), rayon, plastic (cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate), French

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