Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

at The V&A Museum

Wednesday 24 June 2026

1pm to 3pm

Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL

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The V&A South Kensington presents the UK's first exhibition on Elsa Schiaprelli. It spans the 1920s to today, celebrating the innovative designer's influence. It traces the fashion houses's groundbreaking origins and its evolution under current creative director Daniel Roseberry. Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was a pioneering fashion designer known for blending high fashion with Surrealism, wit, and bold, avant-garde design. Her work, characterised by 'shocking pink', unconventional materials, and collaborations with artists like Salvador Dali, defied traditional, elegant norms to creat unique, provocative, and often humorous, wearable art. Today the House of Schiaparelli continues to reinterpret her archival codes with surreal, bold, and highly embellished colletions. Their work is often seen strutting on the 'red carpet., dressing celebrities from Demi Moore to Bad Bunny. 

"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous" - Elsa Schiaparelli.

Please join TSPAS for this exhibition. Those of us who have time after viewing the exhibition will meet nearby at a cafe to discuss it (drinks not included in the cost of your ticket).

Places: 8

Cost: £24.50

This event is fully accessible.