ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, organized by The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and on view May 10 to August 19, will explore the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, Italian designers from different eras.

Inspired by Miguel Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, the exhibition will feature fictive conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work.

Approximately 90 designs and 30 accessories by Schiaparelli (1890-1973) from the late 1920s to the early 1950s, and Prada from the late 1980s to the present, will be compared and contrasted to explore the extraordinary impact of their aesthetics and sensibilities on contemporary notions of fashionability.

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FROM THE SPONSOR

Amazon and its fashion sites, Shopbop, Endless, Zappos, and MYHABIT, are excited to support The Costume Institute's Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibition. The company believes strongly in the power of unconventional thinking and has a special connection to the exhibition, which explores how Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada changed fashion over the last 90 years by challenging the accepted norms.

Many iconic pieces will be on display, along with photos and other memorabilia illustrating the impact each has had on today's fashion. The exhibition also uses video to create a virtual dialogue between the two women and examines their similarities and differences.

As a sponsor, along with Condé Nast, Amazon is thrilled to be part of something that brings fashion history into the present in such a three-dimensional way.