Comments on: Piece Effort

By: samiam108a

samiam108a — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:29:04 +0000

This dress looks like Pacaso through up on it! Well at least that is my opinon….. I would never ever wear that!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:25:34 +0000

I love patchwork in general, and really like the colors and the cut of this coat. Wish “we” wore more color in our coats. NYC is a sea of black in the winter…BORING!

By: toyamay(laytoya)

toyamay(laytoya) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:02:47 +0000

All that you can say is that you like this coat and you would wear it but what about the aesthetics of this coat by Elsa Schiaparelli she was a women the was credited with moving class distinction from clothing thorough simplicity of designs that were suitable for mass production.The colors red, blue, and yellow which are primary colors which shows passion, happiness and also trust give a look of a women walking on air. The colors black and white that outlines the coat and give it a light feel and also a warm showing a womens power and innocence. The widen in the sleeves, the long neck, and the longness of the coat will make a women look taller then she is. THe shapes in the structural design is making the coat have movement.

By: ML

ML — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:49:41 +0000

This coat is almost a century old and it looks ultramodern. I am sure it will look just as modern in another 50 years! True fashion transcends time!

By: Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Bankhead — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:07:43 +0000

This coat makes me wish for a home that could accommodate its loveliness and construction.
Sigh.

By: Kat :-)

Kat :-) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:52:05 +0000

I liked this coat.
I would wear it.

By: meimi1995529

meimi1995529 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:48:06 +0000

This looks like a coat my fifth grade teacher would wear and dont think thats an insult cause she has such an interestingly gorgeous style!

By: sara lee patz

sara lee patz — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:06:40 +0000

I have loved this exhibit

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:07:30 +0000

In the early 1970’s, I escorted Ruth to a Broadway Opening and to my delight that evening, she wore this very coat. Ruth always wears the most wonderful clothing (I had met her through Rudi Gernreich whose designs she wore for many years), and I had heard about her legendary parties when she wore Chinese Imperial embroideries. From the collar, my first thought that evening was that she was again wearing something Mandarin until I noticed that the material was plain, common felt. But this felt was of several colors cut into hundreds of triangles and sewn with no two rows of resulting squares of the same size and, furthermore, in order to shape the coat, all the squares were slightly tapered trapezoids.
“What an extraordinary coat, Ruth!”
“Thank you. It’s from Elsa Schiaparelli. We ordered it many years ago in Paris.”
Stunned that someone would still be wearing such a fragile, complicated, not-to-mention-unwashable garment, I asked her if she wasn’t worried about ruining it.
“Darlin’ clothes are meant to be worn and when you buy couture it just lasts and lasts…”

By: angelica

angelica — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:22:47 +0000

its terrific lolove it