Elsa Schiaparelli

The top icon of fashion design, Elsa Schiaparelli was born on September 10, 1890, in Italy. After working at a boutique in New York, Schiaparelli moved to Paris, where she began designing her own clothes. Her work and sense of style shaped the look of fashion in the 1920s and 30s, and her clothes were worn by some of the worlds most famous women, including American actress Greta Garbo. Schiaparelli died in Paris on November 13, 1973.