Now the late fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, famously turned fine art into fashion, collaborating with surrealists in 1920s Paris.
Now her work is being recognised at the London’s V&A – with the first major UK exhibition dedicated to the Schiaparelli fashion house.
One of the most influential voices in the industry is its current creative director, Daniel Roseberry.
In his only television interview – he spoke exclusively to our culture correspondent Minnie Stephenson.