Clubhouse Icons | Elsa Schiaparelli & Miuccia Prada | Impossible Conversations

Lately I've seen a few things 

posted around cyber city that pertain to a 

Spring 2012 

Costume Institute Exhibition 

taking place at 

The Met 

in

New York

!!!!!!!!!!!

It appears that from now until 

August 19th 

they'll be hosting an exhibit that explores the

"striking affinities"

between two fashion icons 

Miss. Elsa Schiaparelli 

(1890-1973)

&

Miss. Miuccia Prada

(1949- )

The exhibit is titled 

"Impossible Conversations" 

inspired by Miguel Covarrubia's

"Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s.

The exhibition host orchestrated conversations between 

the two fashionably brilliant women

it presents

fabulous ensembles with videos of 

simulated conversations amongst 

Schiaparelli & Prada 

Directed by 

Baz Luhrmann

Schiaparelli, whose work was associated with the surrealist movement 

and Prada, whose work is associated with postmodernism were both born 

in Italy to old time conservative Italian families 

and both decided to divert from the given path for a chosen path 

fairly early on in life

Elsa's 1st act of "rebellion" was in conceiving 

racy poems 

& 

Miuccia, a child in the 60's,

 "mounted the leftist political barriers with her friends"

(according to trendland.net) 

It seems from youth,

 though living in two different era's,

 the two had much in common

.

There are 90 designs & 30 accessories combined total 

from both designers 

showcased in the exhibit 

The signature objects from both women 

are detailed in 7 themed galleries 

-Waist up/ Waist down

- Ugly Chic

- Hard Chic

- Naïf  Chic

- The Classical Body

- The Exotic Body 

- The Surreal Body

.

.

What great fun it'd be to get this experience 

For  More Information Visit 

 www.metmuseum.org/impossibleconversations

xoxo