This book is remembrances of the famous French designer Elsa Скиапарелли. The name of her sounded for the whole world, marking whole epoch in a fashion. Complete adventures life of Скиап, as she named itself, is intertwined in history of high fashion, a classicism, eccentricity and wit, united in her work. Every her collection made a noise in the world, for her there was nothing impossible. She the first created a boutique and pawned bases that in the future will be named pret - a - porter. This book is the same creation of Elsa, as well as her models, - marked the sign of "Скиап", as all, that she did. A large artist tells to us about the hopes and ambitions, successes and defeats, about love, hostility and internal fight.