ITALY: DOLCE AND GABBANA RAID MEN'S WARDROBE FOR THEIR WOMEN'S AUTUMN AND WINTER COLLECTIONS IN MILAN

Record ID: 861121

  • Title: ITALY: DOLCE AND GABBANA RAID MEN'S WARDROBE FOR THEIR WOMEN'S AUTUMN AND WINTER COLLECTIONS IN MILAN
  • Date: 27th February 2003
  • Summary: (U7) MILAN, ITALY (FEBRUARY 27, 2003) (REUTERS) HIGHLIGHT OF FASHION SHOW DESIGNERS DOLCE & GABBANA MILAN, ITALY (FEBRUARY 27, 2003) (REUTERS) HIGHLIGHTS OF ALEXSANDRO PALOMBO SHOW DESIGNER ALEXSANDRO PALOMBO ON CATWALK
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2003 12:00
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  • Location: MILAN, ITALY
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  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Business,Arts
  • Reuters ID: LVA65S63F09RIQ149HRG1YYSKQC7
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  • Story Text: Dolce and Gabbana raided mens wardrobes for their womens autumn/winter fashion show on Thursday, showing oversized shirts and tight suits with a strange mix of Edwardian and 1980s day-glo influence.
    Meanwhile Alexsandro Palombos fall/winter collection intertwined Christian and Islamic imagery and traces, seeking to find some sort of peace in the conflict that dominates today's headlines.
    Dolce and Gabbana gave their street-wise D&G label a grown up look with smart suits made of stretch jersey worn with pale cream polo-necks for the city slickers in the audience.
    But there was still plenty of punch for the youthful dresser with neon PVC trousers cut skin-tight and printed with huge black magazine headlines while the design duos now trademark sexy bras were turned into neon vinyl boob tubes.
    All of it was worn under the shows trademark shirting.
    Models strutted the catwalk wearing oversized men's shirts with Edwardian frills, buttons up the sleeves and elastic strips pinning them into more interesting shapes.
    For the cold weather, D&G will give you Milans trademark fur but will decorate it with bright orange packing tape printed with the D&G logo.
    Models showed priests vestments twinned with the traditional Middle Eastern keffiyeh head dress while others showed tops printed with pictures of Jesus Christ's face and Italy's favourite saint Padre Pio.
    There was also a Middle Eastern taste to Palombos coats and finger-knit ponchos, painted in rich colours like kilims.
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