Elsa Schiaparelli's 1927 trompe l'oeil bow-knot sweater: the white bow knitted into the black jumper by an Armenian knitter in a two-tone technique; worn to a lunch; forty ordered
The sweater was part of Schiaparelli's November 1927 collection.
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01ELSA SCHIAPARELLI'S FIRST HIT, IN 1927, WAS A BLACK JUMPER WITH A WHITE BOW KNITTED INTO IT.
02THE BOW LOOKS LIKE A TIED SCARF. IT IS PART OF THE KNIT.
03AN ARMENIAN KNITTER MADE IT, USING A TWO-TONE ARMENIAN TECHNIQUE.
04SCHIAPARELLI WORE IT TO A SMART LUNCH, AND IT CAUSED A STIR.