History

Elsa Schiaparelli was born on September 10, 1890 in Rome, Italy. She studied philosophy at the University of Rome, and at age 22, she took a job in London as a nanny. While in London, she attended museums and lectures and went on to marry one of her lecturers (Wikipedia). She and her husband moved to New York in 1921, but by the time she had her first child he had abandoned the family. It was then that Elsa met artists Gaby Picabia and Man Ray, and the three of them moved to Paris in 1922.