D&G unveil collection for 'strong and seductive' women during MFW
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A collection inspired by Spain's historical links to Sicily was a welcome 'and-now-for-something-completely-different' moment at the end of a Milan fashion week that has been given a slightly jaded feel by the serial revisiting of 1970s themes by all but a handful of the top houses. Not that Domenico Dolce, 56, and Stefano Gabbana, 51, avoided the decade altogether: among the most wearable items of a blockbuster 80-model show were mini-dresses featuring flared cuffs in long and short-sleeved versions.
The new D&G woman is "strong, seductive and passionate" the press notes said, declaring the new collection to be a return to the sensuality of the company's earliest collections. The finale of what was the last big-name show of this fashion week involved 65 identically dressed models strutting their stuff in embroidered, high-waisted and crimson shorts that were topped with white men's shirts slashed opened to the waist to expose black bra tops underneath.
Love letters
The show came at the end of a week in which Gabbana went public with his recollections of the love affair that developed in parallel with the pair's emergence in the 1980s as one of the most influential forces in fashion. In a missive due to be read publicly at next month's festival of letters in Milan, Gabbana recalls how they first met and declares his enduring love for his business partner, despite their relationship having ended years ago.Gabbana told Italy's Corriere della Sera: "Domenico is shy, when I tell him he is my family, he pulls back, but we still live close to one other, in the same building, one on one floor and the other on the floor above, whenever we go on separate holidays we always call each other, we were intelligently able to remain good friends and great partners."
In the letter, Gabbana reveals how the two men still have the habit of finishing each other's sentences. He adds: "We created Dolce & Gabbana together from scratch and with the strength of our love we have achieved everything we have. Supporting each other, we managed to overcome many difficulties and prejudice. Even today, thanks to that feeling that binds us inextricably to each other, we will continue to face the happiness and the sorrows that life has in store for us."
Images: D&G SS15 from Vogue