Installation view of “Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,” at the V&A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker) It is a self-evident fact that fashion and visual arts go hand in hand. But for Elsa Schiaparelli, it wasn’t just about these two studies that coexist. In his mind, it was about bringing them together completely, so that … Read more
It is a great pity that Elsa Schiaparelli is not more widely known than her rival Chanel. Maybe that’s why it’s so hard to pronounce his name. Is it ‘shap’, ‘skap’ or ‘skyap’? Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A, responds with a quip from Schiaparelli himself: ‘No one knows how to say it, but everyone … Read more
As a major exhibition of avant-garde fashion house Schiaparelli opens at London’s V&A, curator Sonnet Stanfill walks Dezeen through five highlights and hidden gems you won’t want to miss. Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art is the first UK exhibition dedicated to the building founded by the late Elsa Schiaparelli in 1927, known for interpreting the surrealist … Read more