During the 1920s through the 1940s, Italian-born, French designer, Elsa Schiaparelli changed fashion history when taking inspiration from and collaborating with Surrealist artists. The Surrealist works feature the element of surprise and unexpected juxtapositions, according to Wikipedia, and these elements were very prevalent in Schiaparelli's designs. One of the most prominent Surrealist artists of that time period was Salvador Dali. In this image you see Dali's "Lobster Telephone" from 1936, which inspired Schiaparelli's "Lobster Print Dress" in 1937.
These images were adopted from: http://www.thorninpaw.com/u/htdocs/thorni/image/2607.jpg and http://pics.livejournal.com/unohow2whistle/pic/000356fe/s320x240.
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