Dali Inspires Art Couture

By The Tampa Tribune
Published: September 24, 2008

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ST. PETERSBURG --

Surrealism and fashion came together Tuesday in the spirit of Salvador Dali at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.

A $60 luncheon and fashion show featured dresses from Ambria's Gallery of Wearable Art and a Dali-inspired collection by Ivanka Ska's House of Ska.

It was all arranged to raise money for a $35 million building that will be double the size of the current Dali Museum.

Also part of the event: a "surreal cocktail" (pomegranate juice and vanilla Absolut), silent and live auctions, and two women dressed as "Dali's Dollies" selling tickets to a drawing.

The Dali Museum will break ground this fall on a waterfront building downtown, adjacent to the Mahaffey Theater. The building is scheduled to open at the end of 2010.

A staff report