Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

"In difficult times fashion is always outrageous." – Elsa Schiaparelli

Exhibition

  • Opens Saturday, 21 March 2026

  • V&A South Kensington

  • Tickets available soon

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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.
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  • Opens Saturday, 21 March 2026

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • The Sainsbury Gallery

  • Tickets available soon

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The exhibition has been created in collaboration with Schiaparelli.

Crop of a pink jacket with three square buttons and multicoloured collar
Sainsbury Gallery Stairs
Members Room at V&A South Kensington
Shop at V&A South Kensington
the Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre located within V&A South Kensington

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Hat,The Pagan Collection, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, 1938, Paris, France.

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Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

Header image:
Ankle-length coat of black silk jersey with facial profiles forming a rose-filled vase, by Elsa Schiaparelli, Jean Cocteau and Lesage, 1937, London, England. Museum no. T.59-2005. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London