Elsa Schiaparelli at the V&A: The 1930s Couture Collection | Exhibition Tour Part 2

Part two of my tour of the Schiaparelli exhibition at the V&A (on until 1 November 2026). In this film I walk through the main body of the exhibition, covering her 1930s couture work, the collaborations with Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau, the circus and zodiac collections, and the extraordinary level of embroidery skill that underpins all of it. If you want the history of how she got there, part one covers her early career and the knitwear that launched the business.    • Elsa Schiaparelli's knitwear: the women wh...   More photos from the exhibition are on my blog at snapdragonlife.com.