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    Surrealism in fashion and life

    Salvador Dali was a brilliant representative of surrealism. He has never missed an opportunity to collaborate with other extraordinary personalities to implement the wildest fantasies. Dali was directly linked with fashion. He was a friend of Coco Chanel, but worked more with her competitor, the designer from Italy, Elsa Schiaparelli, for which he created a lot of the most extravagant models. The most outstanding cooperation was the work of Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli — hat collection. Salvador invented unusual surreal subjects, and Elsa implemented it. Jean Cocteau entered in mad team, bringing theme of mental disorders and phobias in clothes. I will not say more about their creations, you can find all of…

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    Gala’s galaxy

    The great artist Salvador Dali was not a simple love with a stunning Russian woman Elena Diakonova. This woman is has attracted lot of men but she needed a real blue-blooded prince. Even when she married the poet Paul Eluard, she continued her search. At one moment Elena has created her own unique style, calling herself by the name Gala. It was a coincidence, and ‘gala’ is a celebration in Spanish. However, the name was fixed forever.  She loved the soiree, luxury and wealth, but her main feature is the unrivaled intuition. When she met Dali, he immediately felt in her inimitable style and grace. Her castle in Catalonia is…