{"id":563896,"date":"2026-04-04T10:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563896\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:12:21","slug":"new-schiaparelli-exhibition-proves-that-fashion-and-art-are-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563896\/","title":{"rendered":"New Schiaparelli Exhibition Proves That Fashion and Art are One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813221\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"866\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a self-evident truth that fashion and visual art circle one another closely. But for Elsa Schiaparelli, it wasn\u2019t simply about these two disciplines co-existing. In her mind, it was about fundamentally uniting them, so much so that the boundaries between them vanished entirely. This philosophy is traced with expert precision in a new exhibition dedicated to Schiaparelli and her legendary fashion house.<\/p>\n<p>Now on view at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">V&amp;A<\/a> in London\u2019s South Kensington neighborhood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/exhibitions\/schiaparelli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art<\/a> brings together more than 400 objects, including 100 ensembles as well as accessories, jewelry, paintings, photographs, furniture, perfumes, and archival materials. Taken together, this range offers an exhaustive portrait of Schiaparelli\u2019s design ethos and the evolution of her haute couture brand, even after her death in 1973. Original garments from the early- to mid-20th century, for instance, complement newer innovations produced under the direction of the house\u2019s current creative director, Daniel Roseberry. The ultimate effect is staggering: visitors witness just how ambitious and visionary a house Schiaparelli is and has been throughout time.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, though, the exhibition highlights Elsa Schiaparelli\u2019s deep connections with the art world during her lifetime. She surrounded herself with contemporaries like Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Salvador Dal\u00ed, with whom she collaborated on garments several times. One such piece is the iconic Skeleton dress from 1938. \u201cDear Elsa, I like the idea of \u2018bones on the outside\u2019 enormously,\u201d Dal\u00ed had written in a letter. Complete with a padded ribcage and spine that jut out from the black silhouette just like bones would, the dress was based on a Dal\u00ed sketch and is the only known surviving example of its kind. What\u2019s more, Skeleton is so fragile that the V&amp;A\u2019s conservation team estimates that this exhibition is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmagazine.com\/culture\/schiaparelli-va-museum-show-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">last time it will be displayed<\/a> for the public.<\/p>\n<p>Considering her fascination with and involvement in surrealism, it should come as no surprise that Schiaparelli incorporated its aesthetics across her own work. A sweater from 1927 features a trompe l\u2019oeil bow-knot on its chest, while a dinner suit shimmers with appliqu\u00e9d circus horses. Shoes transform into hats, and naked mermaids and gilded elephant trunks are reimagined as buttons. Even so, Sonnet Stanfill, the V&amp;A\u2019s senior curator of fashion, cautions that it \u201cwasn\u2019t just Schiaparelli appropriating Surrealist images and sticking them on her clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was someone who was embedded in the creative process,\u201d Stanfill continues, \u201cand there was a true collaborative, creative exchange with these artists and creatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That reciprocity is made evident through the exhibition\u2019s artworks. Guests can encounter everything from Man Ray\u2019s painting of a lit candle adorned in a harlequin coat, to Dal\u00ed\u2019s famous Lobster Telephone from 1938, which was inspired by Schiaparelli\u2019s so-called Lobster dress from 1937. Portraits of Schiaparelli also dot the show, capturing what the V&amp;A calls her \u201ceclectic taste.\u201d All these elements condense into an elegant conclusion, one that Schiaparelli clearly arrived at herself: fashion is art, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, dress designing is not a profession,\u201d she once remarked, \u201cbut an art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art is currently on view at the V&amp;A South Kensington through November 8, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>A landmark exhibition celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and her iconic haute couture brand has landed at the V&amp;A in London.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813269\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-10-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"702\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813217\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"866\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813227\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1950\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813224\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1950\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813248\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-12-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"687\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p>On view through November 8, 2026,\u00a0Fashion Becomes Art celebrates Schiaparelli\u2019s enduring commitment to surrealism and subverting expectation through innovative garments.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813260\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-16-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tears dress with veil, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali\u0301. Summer 1938.\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1733\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tears dress with veil, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali\u0301. Summer 1938. (Photo: Emil Larsson)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813272\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-8-1-scaled.png\" alt=\"Schiaparelli Haute Couture F\/W 2024, Look 30\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1950\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schiaparelli Haute Couture F\/W 2024, Look 30. (Photo: Giovanni Giannoni, courtesy Patrimoine Schiaparelli, Paris)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813230\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Choker by Schiaparelli from the Pagan collection, Fall 1938\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1733\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choker by Schiaparelli from the Pagan collection, Fall 1938. (Photo: Emil Larsson)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813257\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-15-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Skeleton Dress, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali\u0301, 1938\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1733\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skeleton Dress, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali\u0301, 1938. (Photo: Emil Larsson, \u00a9 2025 Salvador Dali\u0301, Fundacio\u0301 Gala-Salvador Dali\u0301, DACS. Courtesy of V&amp;A)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813266\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-11-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"921\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813214\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1950\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813254\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813275\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-9-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"764\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813251\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-13-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London\" width=\"1300\" height=\"791\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813263\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-813263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-v-and-a-17-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Designer Elsa Schiaparelli wearing black silk dress with crocheted collar of her own design and a tuban, as featured in Vogue in 1940\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1645\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-813263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elsa Schiaparelli wearing black silk dress with crocheted collar of her own design and a turban, as featured in Vogue in 1940. (Photo:\u00a0Fredrich Baker\/Cond\u00e9 Nast via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition Information:<br \/>Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art<br \/>March 28\u2013November 8, 2026<br \/>V&amp;A South Kensington<br \/>Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL<br \/>\nV&amp;A: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vamuseum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\nAll images via V&amp;A\u2019s press center.<br \/>\nRelated Articles:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/louvre-couture-fashion-exhibition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Louvre\u2019s First-Ever Fashion Exhibition Is a Sprawling Ode to Haute Couture\u2019s Lavish History<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/giorgio-armani-prive-exhibit-milan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Immersive Exhibition Invites Viewers Into Two Decades of Armani\u2019s High Fashion World<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/iris-van-herpen-brooklyn-museum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iris van Herpen\u2019s Nature-Inspired, Sculptural Garments Will Be on Display in Brooklyn<\/a><br \/>\n                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Installation view of \u201cSchiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,\u201d at the V&amp;A Museum in London. 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