Exhibition
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art
Closes Sunday, 8 November 2026
Weekday £28.00 / Weekend £30.00
V&A South Kensington
The UK’s first exhibition on Elsa Schiaparelli spans the 1920s to today, celebrating the innovative designer's influence. It traces the fashion house’s groundbreaking origins and its evolution under current creative director Daniel Roseberry.
Exhibition
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Closes Sunday, 8 November 2026
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V&A South Kensington
Cromwell Road
London, SW7 2RL
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Weekday £28.00 / Weekend £30.00
Concessions apply.
Advance booking is recommended.
Members visit free
Unlimited entry to all exhibitions.
This exhibition has been created in collaboration with
Exhibition highlights
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Choker by Schiaparelli, Pagan collection, autumn 1938
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Evening coat, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Jean Cocteau, 1937, London, England
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Lobster Telephone. by Salvador Dali, 1938
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Model Awar Odhiang in Schiaparelli haute couture autumn/winter 2024
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Portrait of Nusch Eluard, by Pablo Picasso, 1937
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Schiaparelli Haute Couture autumn/winter 2024
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Tears dress with veil, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dalí, summer 1938
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Schiaparelli evening dresses, photograph, by Cecil Beaton, commissioned by French Vogue, 1936, France
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Schiaparelli Haute Couture autumn/winter 2024
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Portrait of Elsa Schiaparelli, by Man Ray, 1933
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Skeleton Dress, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dalí, 1938
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Designer Elsa Schiaparelli wearing black silk dress with crocheted collar of her own design and a turban, photograph by Fredrich Baker, Vogue, 1940
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Drawing for Schiaparelli by Jean Cocteau. Pencil and coloured pencil on paper, 1937
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