Schiaparelli Shocking (1937)

Elsa Schiaparelli launched Shocking in 1937 in a glass dressmaker's dummy designed by the artist Leonor Fini, its curves said to follow Mae West's figure. A posy of glass flowers forms the stopper, a dressmaker's tape measure printed with the name hangs from the neck, and the whole bottle sat under a glass dome on a lace-trimmed base. This boxed example belongs to the FIDM Museum in Los Angeles. Gaultier's torso bottles later in this gallery owe it a clear debt.