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Curator’s talk - Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art at the V&A

  • Bell House Dulwich 27 College Rd England, SE21 7BG United Kingdom (map)

Join Lydia Caston, Exhibition Project Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, for a unique insight into the UK’s first exhibition on Maison Schiaparelli. The exhibition spans from the 1920s to today, celebrating the innovative founder of the house Elsa Schiaparelli, her influence and collaborations with avant-garde artists. It traces the fashion house’s groundbreaking origins and its evolution under current creative director Daniel Roseberry.

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art at the V&A Museum (Closes Sunday, 8 November 2026)

Evening coat, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli and Jean Cocteau, Spring 1937, London, England © 2025 ADAGP DACS Comite Cocteau, Paris. Photograph © Emil Larsson