Elsa Schiaparelli

Born into an aristocratic Italian family in 1890, Elsa Schiaparelli's early life was far from conventional. Her father was a renowned scholar and dean, and her uncle, Giovanni Schiaparelli, was the astronomer who discovered the Martian 'canali.' This intellectual and imaginative environment fueled young Elsa's creativity, leading her to write poetry and rebel against strict convent schooling. A craving for adventure led her to London, where she married a self-proclaimed psyc…