In a previous post I mentioned Mila Schön’s creations appearing in seminal horror film La dama rossa uccide sette volte (The Red Queen, 1972) by Emilio Miraglia. After Mila Schön died last Thursday the images of the elegant suits worn in that film, all characterised by pure geometric lines, came back to my mind.
It was thanks to Schön that, in the '60s, fashionable American ladies flew twice a year to Milan to choose their new wardrobes. The designer, born in Dalmatia but raised in Trieste and Milan, was indeed rather famous in America. One of her first clients was Stanley Marcus, but her creations were sold also at Bonwit Teller, Bendel, Martha and Lord & Taylor. 
One evening in the ‘60s at a ball organised at New York's Plaza Hotel by Truman Capote, Marella Agnelli, wife of Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli, wore a Schön kaftan made by 30 dressmakers and embroiderers (apparently it took the team over 1500 hours to make the outfit...). Marella Agnelli was proclaimed the most elegant lady of the evening, followed by Lee Radziwill, Jacqueline Kennedy’s sister, also wearing a Schön creation.
If you want to know more about Schön's career you can read my obituary on the Dazed Digital site.
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