Lacroix to design Schiaparelli

French couturier Christian Lacroix has been appointed to create a new collection

for the House of Schiaparelli.

Schiaparelli, which is owned by Tod's Group founder Diego Della Valle since 2006, announced Lacroix will create a one-off collection to be shown during Couture Fashion Week in Paris in July at the historical address of the Maison.

The capsule couture collection will consists of 15 styles interpreted of the late Elsa Schiaparelli's archives. Lacroix stated: 'In this persona incarnating a true aristocrat, one finds a spirit where mathematics and literature as well as poetry coexist: Elsa is a sacred sphinge who never ceases to interrogate us while offering us new enigmas as answers. Art, theater and cinema… my wish is to reposition Elsa at the center of her maison and on the stage from which she once seduced the world."

Schiaparelli originally closed in the 1950s after struggling to deal with post-war austerity. Lacroix famously went into administration in 2009.