Schiaparelli

[ skyah-puh-rel-ee skap-uh-rel-ee, shap-; Italian skyah-pah-rel-lee ]

noun

1. El·sa [el, -sah], 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
2. Gio·van·ni Vir·gin·io [jaw-, vahn, -nee vee, r, -, jee, -nyaw], 1835–1910, Italian astronomer.

Schiaparelli

/ skjapaˈrɛlli /

noun

1. SchiaparelliElsa18961973FItalianFASHION, BEAUTY, ETC: fashion designer Elsa (ˈelsa). 1896–1973, Italian couturière, noted esp for the dramatic colours of her designs
2. SchiaparelliGiovanni Virginio18351910MItalianSCIENCE: astronomer Giovanni Virginio (dʒoˈvanni virˈdʒiːnjo). 1835–1910, Italian astronomer, who discovered the asteroid Hesperia (1861) and the so-called canals of Mars (1877)

Example Sentences

In January, the newly revived Schiaparelli sent out its first couture collection in decades, presenting light, whimsical clothing.

From The Daily Beast

Monday, following the first Schiaparelli couture show since 1954, where eclectically clad women walked in flat feathered sandals.

From The Daily Beast

After 60 years, Schiaparelli is back with a couture runway full of playful, elegant, and irreverent looks for the modern woman.

From The Daily Beast

The Schiaparelli Spring/Summer 2014 collection can be seen as something of a tipsy take on couture.

From The Daily Beast

The long-dormant house of Schiaparelli finally has a new Creative Director.

From The Daily Beast

For its interpretation Prof. Schiaparelli makes a very plausible suggestion.

From Project Gutenberg

I will add that after the reading of this procès-verbal, the cautious reserves of M. Schiaparelli seem exaggerated.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the scarcity of water which seems to give a clew to some of the mysteries discovered on Mars by Schiaparelli and Lowell.

From Project Gutenberg

The previous work of Schiaparelli lends a certain degree of probability to Mr. Lowells observations on the rotation of Venus.

From Project Gutenberg

Schiaparelli, in 1866, demonstrated that the orbit of the August meteors was the same as that of the comet of that year.

From Project Gutenberg