T.aormina, July 2012. The first stop in the High Fashion of Dolce & Gabbana, who from the beginning preferred Italy to Paris. Today, after 10 years and after several shows in every part of the Peninsula – from Naples to Lake Como and Venice – the duo returns to their homeland. And it brings with it approx 750 carefully selected guests for the fashion show Dolce & Gabbana in Sicily, starting with the divas, mostly over 50: Sharon Stone (64), Monica Bellucci (57), Mariah Carey (52). But also Helen Mirren (76) and Kris Jenner (66).
Women with a certain experience, true icons for the brand and beyond, protagonists of one mini fashion week, from 7 to 11 Julywhich celebrates, first and foremost, tradition.
The mini fashion week in Sicilian style
Four total stages of the return home of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbanafor as many collections: Thursday the presentation of Living to the ancient market of Ortigia; Friday evening the Grotta dei Cordari, in the archaeological park of Neapolis, with the presentation of the creations of High Jewelery. Saturday night, the fashion show with the women’s collection of High fashion in Piazza Duomo, on a very long walkway complete with a bridge to recreate the city’s Cathedral, animated by singing and dancing. And finally, on Sunday, the “mythological” show ofHaute couture male, in the seaside village of Marzamemi.
Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce at the end of the Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda FW22 / 23 show (Photo: Ernesto Ruscio / Getty Images).
Sharon Stone: “I’ve never seen anything like it”
The divas have not missed even one. Sharon Stone, Helen Mirren and Kris Jenner arrived just in time to admire the precious creations – the first, for the occasion in total white, with a custom white bustier top with draped knit details combined with coordinated silk trousers (and jewelery from the linea) was enchanted by the location-cave reserved for High Jewelery, sharing the amazement even on Instagram: “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
The looks of the stars in the front row
To join them for the key event in Sicily, the parade Dolce & Gabbana Haute Couture Fall Winter 2022/2023also the other noble fifties (or thereabouts): Mariah Carey And Monica Bellucci, Ellen Pompeo, Drew Barrymore.
And judging by their looks to watch the show, time for the brand’s devoted stars never seems to pass: gold bustier with Swarovski and light blue trousers with train for Sharon (dressed by the stylist Paris Libby), hand-painted multicolor striped maxi dress for Helen, camellia-colored dress and flower crown for Drew, majolica-covered slip dress for Mariah, total black suit for Monica.
Follow at a distance by the youngest guests Emma Roberts and Lupita Nyong’o – spectacular and compact as a battleship.
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Just like the style of the brand’s Couture collections, starting from the locations to get to the clothes, faithful above all to craftsmanship.
After the storm of the last Haute Couture show that hit Venice last year, everything at the Dolce & Gabbana show in Sicily went smoothly: apart from fainting sudden on the catwalk (due to the heat) of Deva Cassel, daughter of Monicà. One of 106 models who brought the Maison’s savoir-faire to the catwalk.
Deva Cassel walks the runway for Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda FW22 / 23 (Photo: Ernesto Ruscio / Getty Images).
That mix of sacred and profane, iconic
For High Fashion Dolce & Gabbana Fall Winter 2022/2023 the main inspiration comes from Saint Luciapatron saint of Syracuse, with a parade that has turned into a real one procession: prayers dressed in total black and veils – in the collective imagination Sicilian women dress in black – angels of feathers and lace in white, but also models in tight sheath dresses or bustier tops combined with suspenders or opulent dresses that look like bouquets, in that mix of sacred and profane which has always been the brand’s signature.
Unmissable, the colors of Sicily and the 3d decorations, in addition to the intricate embroidery. The highest point, precisely the tribute to the saint: a gold and silver dress which recalls the image of the simulacrum and comes to life on the catwalk.
A look by Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda FW22 / 23 (Photo: Ernesto Ruscio / Getty Images).
The message is clear: Haute Couture is image and message. In a word, icon. And he has no age.
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