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After the fall of Paris, Elsa went to New York, where she stayed until the end of WWII. In 1945, she returned to Paris where “the reception was of heartbreaking spontaneity, with tears of excitement, tears for all that had passed in the last four years, and a childish faith that a miracle of inspiration, energy, and production would now take place (Vogue).” The House of Schiaparelli struggled after the war as fashion had changed and Dior’s New Look was in. In 1954, Elsa Schiaparelli closed her house, the same year that Chanel returned to the business.