Milan exhibition explores Salvador Dalís fashion legacy with over 200 artworks and designer collaborations
Milan’s Palazzo Reale opened a major exhibition on Thursday exploring Salvador Dalí’s lifelong engagement with fashion, showcasing over 200 objects including artworks, garments, photographs and archival materials. The show traces Dalí’s collaborations with designers like Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s and his enduring influence on contemporary creators, with pieces by Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Jonathan Anderson for Dior featured alongside the artist’s own work.
Curators Judith Clark and Laura Bartolomé emphasized the two-way exchange between Dalí and fashion. “The relationship with Dalí and fashion goes right through his work,” Clark said, noting his fascination with transformation, shock and disguise. Bartolomé added that the exhibition highlights how fashion drew inspiration from Dalí while the artist himself was shaped by its world, as seen in Schiaparelli’s shoe hat, born from a Dalí sketch.
The exhibition also examines Dalí’s obsession with mannequins, clothing and the human body, presenting his surreal visual language as a persistent reference for designers today. It does not follow a chronological sequence but instead groups works to underscore the ongoing dialogue between art and fashion .
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