| The city of Milan is accustomed to the disruptions that fashion week brings, but today’s Dolce & Gabbana show was something else. With construction work on the tracks that run along the street where they’re headquartered and put on their shows, and the trams that run on them temporarily suspended, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana built an elevated stage in front of their venue. After the models walked down the runway in the theater inside, they took to the street, at which point they were greeted by thousands of screaming fans and some surprised locals, too. It was club night on the Viale Piave at 3:30 pm, bass notes reverberating for blocks.
Their concept this season was “Cool Girls.” They were thinking about the models they know and how they wear their clothes: vintage tees and lacy camisoles, cargos or jeans, and biker boots, with a designer coat thrown over the top of it all. “We’ve totally changed the mood,” Gabbana said in the studio. “We took inspiration from Vittoria Cerreti, Irina Shayk, Mona [Tougaard]—the way they dress in real life, on the street. It’s very spontaneous.” Read my review. |
