Which fashion designer collaborated with Salvador Dalí on the 1937 Lobster Dress?

Elsa Schiaparelli collaborated with Salvador Dalí on the 1937 Lobster Dress.

The dress was a white silk evening gown featuring a large red lobster motif across the skirt. Dalí supplied the surreal concept and imagery, while Schiaparelli translated it into a wearable fashion design. The result became one of the most famous examples of cooperation between a visual artist and a fashion designer.

The lobster was not printed as a small decorative pattern. Its oversized placement made the animal the visual focus of the dress, creating the unexpected scale and playful disruption associated with Surrealism. The garment was famously photographed with Wallis Simpson before her marriage to the Duke of Windsor.

Schiaparelli was known for incorporating unusual artistic ideas into fashion. Her collaborations with Dalí also included designs involving a shoe-shaped hat and other surreal motifs, but the Lobster Dress remains their most widely recognized joint creation.