Recently saw this photo of Dree Hemingway from
Vogue Italia and was immediately reminded of a photo of the infamous Isabella Blow (images of her are currently swimming in my head from all the recent publications controversy)... After comparing these images, I immediately recalled my fashion history and thought of Elsa Schiapiarelli's prolific work using the lobster as her muse. She has such an intriguing body of work, I may have to dedicate a post just to her in the near future.
-Hemingway in Vogue Italia- -the iconic Isabella Blow-
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| -this speaks for itself- |
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Schiapiarelli was a significant contributor and collaborator to the Surrealist movement and worked with Salvador Dali (who also used lobsters in his lobster telephone).
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| -Lobster Telephone, Salvador Dali, 1936- |
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| -Lobster Telephone (aka Aphrodisiac Phone), Salvador Dali, 1936- |
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| -Lobster Dress, Elsa Schiapiarelli, 1937- |
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| -Lobster Dress, unknown designer- |
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| -Tear Dress, Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiapiarelli, 1938- |
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| -Skeleton Dress, Elsa Schiapiarelli, 1938- |
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| -Gala (wife of Salvador Dali) in a Schiapiarelli hat- |
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| -the women herself, Schiapiarelli, in her Paris Salon- |
