Oh, Schiaparelli!

Two days ago the Kiddo and I headed out in the snow to visit the flower district (28th Street, between 6th and 7th Aves.) to round up supplies for decorating our little Christmas tree and otherwise bedecking our halls (more on this later). On our way there, we stopped in one of my favorite museums in the city, the Musuem at the Fashion Institute of Technology. A couple of fantastic exhibits are up right now, with plenty of couture crack for fashion addicts like me. Here's my favorite piece from Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum:

Elsa Schiaparelli, evening ensemble, 1937, France
photograph by Irving Solero