Dolce & Gabbana is one of those labels that goes its own way, regardless of whether the wider fashion trend cycle is flirting with the minimalist, volume-focused, gender-neutral or ultra-casual looks that are the complete opposite of what it stands for.
Back in the 90s, there was a big trend for slip dresses. I couldn’t really get my head around this one as I remembered my mum wearing virtually identical pieces 30 years earlier, but under her clothes, as a petticoat.
Who needs minimalism? That question has been answered with a bang this runway season as, just a few years on from Normcore’s seemingly triumphant moment, most designers follow the more-is-more approach. Whether it actually moves fashion forward or simply buries any progressive ideas under layers of shimmer, lace, massive sleeves, chunky platforms and OTT embellishment…
I’ve always loved embellished denim. No, wait. Make that, I’ve loved embellished denim since 1973 when my sister bought a pair of shrink-to-fit Levi’s. After wearing them in the bath for several hours they emerged a perfect fit, if rather damp, and she proceeded to add studs. For 13-year-old me, that was the ultimate in…
How has the combined Yoox and Net-a-Porter online fashion giant been faring since the Italian and UK businesses linked-up? Pretty well actually with global growth in the double-digit growth and its m-commerce sales growing fast – very fast. OK, for three-quarters of the period covered, Yoox and NaP continued to operate separately (their ‘merger’ was…
I’m always intrigued when each new Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign is released to see how the oh-so-Italian label will gently revamp its particular brand of luxe, sexy, southern Italian style. Just as the label’s collections are a continual reinvention of the same basic theme, so the ads recreate the dolce vita Sicilian sunshine lifestyle season-after-season.…
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