Lobsters and red carpet gowns: A new show celebrates Schiaparelli's surrealist fashion
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- The article describes a new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum showcasing Schiaparelli's surrealist fashion designs, including collaborations with artists like Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau. It highlights key pieces such as the Lobster Telephone and Lobster Dress, contextualizing the designer's influence in art and fashion history.
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“London's Victoria & Albert Museum is opening a new exhibition celebrating the bold and surrealist designs of Italian fashion house Schiaparelli.”
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“The exhibition traces a century of art and innovation at the couture house, charting the way founder Elsa Schiaparelli worked with leading artists in Paris in the 1930s to current creative director Daniel Roseberry.”
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“Highlights among the 400 objects on show include Dalí’s famous Lobster Telephone, from 1938, displayed along with the 'Lobster Dress,' a white silk gown embellished with a red lobster that Schiaparelli created with the surrealist artist.”
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“The dress was famously worn by Wallis Simpson, the American socialite whom King Edward VIII abdicated to marry.”
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“Another collaboration with Dalí is the 'Skeleton dress,' a black dress with 3D quilting resembling the contours of human bones.”
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“Also on show is an evening coat with pink silk roses created by Schiaparelli and French artist Jean Cocteau, who died in 1963.”
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“Coco Chanel, one of Schiaparelli's contemporaries, famously described her as 'that Italian artist who’s making clothes.'”
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“Schiaparelli opened her first Paris business in 1927, designing practical daywear like trouser suits, an unusual choice for women at the time, as well as more imaginative and whimsical items such as shoes with leopard fur.”
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“She went on to design clothes and costumes for famous fans like Mae West and Marlene Dietrich, who favored the designer's sharply tailored trouser suits.”
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“One of the most eye-catching displays is a red jewel-encrusted dress worn by Grande to last year's Oscars for a medley performance from 'Wicked.' The sumptuous ball gown features a ruby slipper protruding from the back of the dress in tribute to 'The Wizard of Oz.'”
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“The exhibition opens on Saturday and runs until Nov. 8.”
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