Dolce and Gabbana Inspiration Moodboard:

A moodboard of Sicilian inspiration in Dolce and Gabbana collections.

My chosen designers are Dolce and Gabbana. Throughout their collection between 2012 and 2015 shows a rich and bold traditional Sicilian inspirations from the Sicily mountain view, this created the colour palette for the Men’s Fall 2016 to Palermo’s vibrant vegetable market which inspired them to create the print for the Spring 2012. An interesting Sicilian inspiration was the designers looked into the history of the Sicily where the Spanish ruling took place.

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This image is from their 2013 Ready To Wear collection which was inspired by the mosaic pieces in Sicily’s Cathedral of Monreale. The garments in this collection had a loose shaped style with puffed sleeves, they are all embellished with sequins and jewels to insinuate the mosaic tiles. The whole collection had a strong vibrant feel of holiness with the use of pigmented colours like red, green, blue and golden-yellow. I admire Dolce and Gabbana’s attention to small details creating intricate designs throughout the years. The designers love to incorporate ancient Sicilian culture to their collection to show who they really are as designers. They explained that their success as designers is through the investigation and celebration of their roots and their passion of Italian culture [2]. I feel like this also has a similar connection to Oliver Rousting with this Balmain’s Fall 2012 Read To Wear with his baroque inspired collection. Although his colour palette was lighter with a use of soft pastels along with golds and silvers. I thought that both collections are similar in a way of how both designers have looked into historical culture but differentiate in styles one being quite boxed and the other loose shaped. Overall, I feel that Dolce and Gabbana’s use of fabrics and materials to create the Sicilian influences give such a rich and extravagant aesthetic outcome to represent the Italian culture.

[1] Vogue (2013) Dolce and Gabbana Fall 2013 RTW. Available from: https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2013-ready-to-wear/dolce-gabbana/slideshow/collection#3 [Accessed 05 November 2017]

[2] Radaelli M. (2016) The Sicilian Connection: Dolce and Gabbana’s Inspiration has gone Global. Available from: http://www.italoamericano.org/story/2016-8-12/dolce-gabbana [Accessed 05 November 2017]