New Books About Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli - The New York Times

Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli were both incredibly influential fashion designers of the 20th century, but they were bitter enemies. So, how did this feud begin and end?

The Fiery Feud Between Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli — Eternal

The Bitter Feud Between Chanel and Schiaparelli

Coco Chanel v. Elsa Schiaparelli – mutterhood

Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli: A Tale of Scandal and Style

Feud: Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel - Nick Harvill Libraries

FASHION FEUD- Coco Chanel vs Elsa Schiaparelli

Deirdre McQuillan: An exhibition in Paris celebrates the life and work of the surrealist fashion designer who invented pret-a-porter

Coco Chanel became a fashion icon. Why have we almost forgotten

In the fifth instalment of BoF’s fashion history series, we study the life of Chanel’s arch enemy, who flirted with surrealism and brought shock factor into fashion. Elsa Schiaparelli shot to fame by mixing in Parisian society’s right circles which took her all the way to Hollywood where she dressed Greta Garbo and Mae West.

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973)

NOTE DE L'HOTEL: Famous Feuds: Schiaparelli vs. Chanel

Coco Chanel & Elsa Schiaparelli

Two queens of fashion, with diametrically opposed styles and personalities, who hated each other. Virginie Girod recreates the match between the two great ladies of haute couture in a new story. For Chanel, it will be Arthur Capel, nicknamed Boy. He supports Gabrielle on the path of creation and emancipation. It was he who lent her the money she needed to open her first milliner's shop in Paris in 1910. But Boy dies in a car accident.

Why do Chanel and Schiaparelli hate each other? - Teller Report