Lotus, from Some Japanese Flowers, Ogawa Kazumasa

COLLECTION

Through our long-standing collaboration with the V&A, we have cultivated the finest selection of art prints from the museum’s world-renowned archives. Discover botanical art, photography and illustration, in our V&A collection.

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art at V&A South Kensington. Photo - David Parry PA Media Assignments

EXHIBITIONS TO SEE

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

V&A South Kensington is staging the first ever exhibition in the UK dedicated to Maison Schiaparelli. Highlights on display include the 1938 Skeleton dress, the only known surviving example (a part of the V&A’s permanent collection), as well as the 1938 Tears dress, along with a hat resembling an upside down shoe, all conceived in collaboration with artist Salvador Dalí.

Artworks by Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray and Eileen Agar are also on display, as well as several of Schiaparelli’s designs for film and theatre productions.