She Was Told She was Ugly - So She Made The World's Most Shocking Fashion
A Thousand And One
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The most surreal story in fashion history. A lobster on a royal gown. A skeleton stitched onto silk. A lion's head growing out of a dress. Zendaya's porcelain armour, flown to London by private jet the morning it walked the Paris runway. One name connects them all: Elsa Schiaparelli — the forgotten rival of Coco Chanel, and the artist who made haute couture into something dangerous.
Elsa Schiaparelli was told as a child she was the plain one. She answered by making the most beautiful women in the world wear lobsters, bugs and skeletons — and call it chic. This is her whole story: the palace in Rome, the constellation on her cheek, the fake count, the trompe-l'œil sweater that started an empire, Shocking Pink, the war with Coco Chanel, the fifty years of being forgotten — and the house that made her viral again.
Which of the twelve style archetypes are you? Find out with a free 60-second face scan:
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CHAPTERS
0:00 A lobster, a lion, and Zendaya — one name
1:43 The stars on her face — Rome, 1890
3:10 Exile — New York, a fake count, rock bottom
4:29 The bow that wasn't there — 1927
5:56 21 Place Vendôme & Shocking Pink
7:08 The accessory is the punchline
9:44 The artists — Dalí, Cocteau, a dress you can read
11:31 The Circus — her peak, 1938
12:38 Schiap vs Coco — the two-woman war
14:09 The lights go out — war and the New Look
15:22 Shocking Life — how fashion forgot her
16:37 She was right — Roseberry, Zendaya, the revival
20:12 ◆ The Artist — which archetype are you?
21:40 How to wear the Artist today
23:02 Next: the Sixties
THE NAMES IN THIS EPISODE
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) · Salvador Dalí & Jean Cocteau (her collaborators) · Paul Poiret · Coco Chanel · Christian Dior · the house of Schiaparelli today: Christian Lacroix (2013 one-night collection), Marco Zanini, Bertrand Guyon, and Daniel Roseberry (creative director since 2019) · worn by Zendaya (styled by Law Roach), Kylie Jenner, Doja Cat, Lady Gaga, Bella Hadid, Wallis Simpson, Mae West.
All fashion imagery is shown briefly for commentary and education. Historical garments: the archives of the V&A, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Modern Schiaparelli couture © Schiaparelli / Daniel Roseberry — shown with on-screen credit.
FOOTAGE & IMAGE CREDITS
Zendaya premiere footage: Law Roach (@luxurylaw)
Stock footage (Pexels): Monstera Production, Nova lv, Mikhail Nilov, Artem Podrez, Stefanie Jockschat, K (Kelly), Florencio Rojas, Orsys _tography, Zheltenko Oleksandr, Florian Delée, Сергей, emirkhan bal, Mark Holmes, Joey D., ArtHouse Studio, Everett Bumstead, Evgenia Kirpichnikova
SUBSCRIBE — A Thousand And One: the dangerous history of beauty, decoded. A Century of Style continues with the 1960s: the decade the daughters set it all on fire.
#schiaparelli #fashionhistory #elsaschiaparelli #danielroseberry #zendaya #hautecouture
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She Was Told She was Ugly - So She Made The World's Most Shocking Fashion
A Thousand And One
1,929 views
The most surreal story in fashion history. A lobster on a royal gown. A skeleton stitched onto silk. A lion's head growing out of a dress. Zendaya's porcelain armour, flown to London by private jet the morning it walked the Paris runway. One name connects them all: Elsa Schiaparelli — the forgotten rival of Coco Chanel, and the artist who made haute couture into something dangerous.
Elsa Schiaparelli was told as a child she was the plain one. She answered by making the most beautiful women in the world wear lobsters, bugs and skeletons — and call it chic. This is her whole story: the palace in Rome, the constellation on her cheek, the fake count, the trompe-l'œil sweater that started an empire, Shocking Pink, the war with Coco Chanel, the fifty years of being forgotten — and the house that made her viral again.
Which of the twelve style archetypes are you? Find out with a free 60-second face scan:
📱 iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/selphic...
🤖 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
🌐 selphico.com
CHAPTERS
0:00 A lobster, a lion, and Zendaya — one name
1:43 The stars on her face — Rome, 1890
3:10 Exile — New York, a fake count, rock bottom
4:29 The bow that wasn't there — 1927
5:56 21 Place Vendôme & Shocking Pink
7:08 The accessory is the punchline
9:44 The artists — Dalí, Cocteau, a dress you can read
11:31 The Circus — her peak, 1938
12:38 Schiap vs Coco — the two-woman war
14:09 The lights go out — war and the New Look
15:22 Shocking Life — how fashion forgot her
16:37 She was right — Roseberry, Zendaya, the revival
20:12 ◆ The Artist — which archetype are you?
21:40 How to wear the Artist today
23:02 Next: the Sixties
THE NAMES IN THIS EPISODE
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) · Salvador Dalí & Jean Cocteau (her collaborators) · Paul Poiret · Coco Chanel · Christian Dior · the house of Schiaparelli today: Christian Lacroix (2013 one-night collection), Marco Zanini, Bertrand Guyon, and Daniel Roseberry (creative director since 2019) · worn by Zendaya (styled by Law Roach), Kylie Jenner, Doja Cat, Lady Gaga, Bella Hadid, Wallis Simpson, Mae West.
All fashion imagery is shown briefly for commentary and education. Historical garments: the archives of the V&A, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Modern Schiaparelli couture © Schiaparelli / Daniel Roseberry — shown with on-screen credit.
FOOTAGE & IMAGE CREDITS
Zendaya premiere footage: Law Roach (@luxurylaw)
Stock footage (Pexels): Monstera Production, Nova lv, Mikhail Nilov, Artem Podrez, Stefanie Jockschat, K (Kelly), Florencio Rojas, Orsys _tography, Zheltenko Oleksandr, Florian Delée, Сергей, emirkhan bal, Mark Holmes, Joey D., ArtHouse Studio, Everett Bumstead, Evgenia Kirpichnikova
SUBSCRIBE — A Thousand And One: the dangerous history of beauty, decoded. A Century of Style continues with the 1960s: the decade the daughters set it all on fire.
#schiaparelli #fashionhistory #elsaschiaparelli #danielroseberry #zendaya #hautecouture
Full series — A Century of Style: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcn1VKcXTdIE