1. Gilded brass necklace adorned with rhinestones in the shape of lungs
    Photograph: Patrimoine Schiaparelli, Paris
  2. Ankle-length coat of black silk jersey with facial profiles forming a rose-filled vase,
    Photograph: Victoria and Albert Museum

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

  • Things to do, Exhibitions
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington
India Lawrence
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Time Out says

Known for her surreal and avante garde haute couture creations – often with striking silhouettes, gilded accents, and unusual appliqués – for the first time in the UK an exhibition will be dedicated to the work and legacy of the groundbreaking fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. The show will trace the origins of the house, from its first, paradigmshifting garments, through to its present-day incarnation in the hands of its creative director Daniel Roseberry, whose contemporary designs worn by the likes of Kylie Jenner and Bella Hadid have seen gowns adorned with faux-taxidermy lion heads, and a lung dress fashioned from a delicate network of golden veins. 

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