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"Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations" 2012 KODA, Harold; BOLTON, Andrew

KODA, Harold; BOLTON, Andrew

[215] pp.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

2012

10 1/2" x 7 3/4"

This book investigates Elsa Schiaparelli's collaborations with Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau as well as Miuccia Prada's Fondazione Prada. It looks at their use of unconventional materials, unexpected colours, fanciful details, novel prints and challenges to conventional ideas of beauty, glamour and taste.

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