From trompe l’oeil to the metaverse, Schiaparelli, Dior and Iris van Herpen offer some answers.
PARIS — What’s shocking now?
There are many possible answers to that question, though few of them, probably, have to do with fashion. Reality long ago overtook wardrobes as a source of perpetual astonishment.
Yet flying from the facade of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Louvre as the first full season of couture shows since 2020 began, came a clarion call: “Shocking! The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli.”
It was an announcement of a new exhibition as well as a reminder that once upon a time, clothing had the ability to confound.
That once upon a time
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