Coco Chanel vs Elsa Schiaparelli | movie | 2014 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

In the 1920s, the rivalry between fashion icon Gabrielle Chanel and her stylistic rival Elsa Schiaparelli gave rise to i | dG1fb1lRdURINHRfUTg

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00:00New York, 1934.

00:07Here, for more than 15 years, Gabrielle Chanel is a real star.

00:11Her avant-garde style and romantic love fascinate Americans,

00:15for whom she embodies the French chic par excellence.

00:19What history has forgotten is that at that time,

00:22her supremacy was seriously threatened by a young creative

00:25who seemed to be unstoppable.

00:28And when, for the first time in her history,

00:31Time Magazine dedicates her cover to a seamstress,

00:34it is her great rival, Elsa Schiaparelli,

00:37who uncovers the consecration.

00:39The newspaper speaks of a genius,

00:41a crazier and more original creator than all her contemporaries.

00:45Since the late 1920s, Elsa Schiaparelli has driven fashion crazy

00:49with her delusional fantasy and her eccentric humor.

00:52This exuberant style brings lightness and gaiety

00:55to a time when the whole world is suffering from the economic crisis.

00:59But for Coco Chanel, used to being the queen of haute couture,

01:02it is impossible to imagine, if only for a second,

01:05sharing her crown.

01:07Yet, Elsa Schiaparelli will never be impressed by the great young lady.