THE CRYSTAL² DRESS

A collaboration between Schiaparelli & Swarovski

by TEAM PARIS SOCIAL DIARY, photography by COURTESY | 4 July, 2017

 

Elsa Schiaparelli was one of the first designers to ever use Swarovski crystals in her Haute Couture embroideries. Swarovski and Schiaparelli collaborate on a special project combining Haute Couture savoir-faire and a creative vision where crystal becomes as functional as it is decorative. Schiaparelli introduces the Crystal² dress as part of the Fall/Winter 2017-18 Haute Couture collection.

 

 

Schiaparelli design director Bertrand Guyon created a dress cut in a hand-made patchwork of Swarovski Crystal Fine Mesh embroidered with clusters of multi-coloured crystals, inspired by Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s geometrical works. Since the creation of Swarovski’s Crystal Fine Mesh, the Crystal² dress is embellished with a 3D crystal embroidery.

 

Tracee Ellis Ross and Melissa George
Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine
Caroline Vreeland
Daphne Guinness
Ines de la Fressange
Lady Kitty Spencer
Melissa George, Bertrand Guyon and Tracee Ellis Ross
Melissa George
Oliver Cheshire & Pixie Lott
Olivia Palermo
Rossy De Palma, Bertrand Guyon and Hiba Abouk
Tracee Ellis Ross
Valentina Lodovini

 

Some personalities that were present at the Schiaparelli show were, Tracee Ellis Ross, Melissa George, Lady Kitty Spencer, Pixie Lott, Daphne Guinness, Caroline Vreeland, Valentina Lodovini, Olivia Palermo, Rossy De Palma and Hiba Abouk.