Dalí e la Moda opened at Milan’s Palazzo Reale on 24 September, bringing more than 200 works and archival materials together around Salvador Dalí’s relationship with fashion, jewellery and the construction of visual identity. The exhibition runs until 31 January 2027.

The selection includes paintings, drawings, photographs, garments, films, jewellery and objects from the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí and international museums, alongside material from the historic archives of Schiaparelli, Chanel, Dior and Rabanne.

For fashion readers, one of the clearest threads is Dalí’s collaboration with Elsa Schiaparelli. The exhibition includes a 1938 photograph of Gala wearing Schiaparelli’s shoe-hat, based on a Dalí design. The relationship extended beyond individual objects: Dalí also worked with fashion imagery for publications including Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.

Jewellery forms another part of the story. Dalí treated objects such as jewellery, shoes, gloves and garments as elements within the same visual language as his paintings. Among the works presented is The Eye of Time from 1949, combining platinum, ruby, diamonds, enamel and a Movado movement.

The exhibition is therefore less a survey of Dalí’s biography than a study of how he used the body, clothing and objects to construct images and identities, a subject that connects directly with contemporary fashion and jewellery.

Visiting: Palazzo Reale, Piazza del Duomo 12, Milan. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–19:30, with Thursday opening until 22:30. Tickets start at €15, with timed entry every 15 minutes.

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