ELSA SCHIAPARELLI - Lot 44

ELSA SCHIAPARELLI Fitting session with the designer and Hilma Seay (Maid of Coton), 1947. Photograph, vintage silver print, captioned (dated label), stamped (including date), and annotated on the reverse. 23 x 16.2 cm, including white borders. Some signs of handling visible only when held up to the light and a tear along the top edge (outside the figures). Note: This 1947 photograph offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Schiaparelli fashion house during a fitting with Hilma Seay, crowned “Maid of Cotton.” Elsa Schiaparelli is shown at work, adjusting the outfit directly on the model: a vivid testament to the creative process and craftsmanship of postwar Parisian haute couture.