Happy 125th birthday to Elsa Schiaparelli. Since her first big success—this 1927 trompe l’oeil sweater—her eccentric wit, irreverent designs, and avant-garde artistic collaborations have profoundly influenced fashion.
Woman’s Sweater, November 1927, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli
Dedicated to the study of Italian art and architecture from prehistory to the present
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Tenley Bick
President
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Antje Gamble
Executive Vice President
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Janis Elliott
Vice President for Program Coordination
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Lucia Colombari
Treasurer
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Alison Perchuk
Secretary
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Jasmine Cloud
Awards Committee Chair
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Christine Zappella
Emerging Scholars Committee (ESC) Chair
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Nicola Camerlenghi (Development) and Katherine T. Brown (Membership)
Membership, Outreach, & Development Committee Co-Chairs
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Janis Elliott
Program Committee Chair
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Francesca Fiorani
Nominating Committee Chair
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Jennifer S. Griffiths
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Samantha Hughes-Johnson
IASblog Editor
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Sarah Cantor
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Elizabeth Ranieri
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Eric Hupe
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