Dream Dialogue Between Schiaparelli and Prada
By SUZY MENKES
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute stages an imaginary exchange between the legendary 1930s designer and Miuccia Prada.
The gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, compared Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, whose work is separated by half a century.
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