Milan is used to Fashion Week disruptions—the road closures, the screaming fans, the existential crisis of deciding whether last season’s Prada is still ironic enough—but today’s Dolce & Gabbana spectacle took it up a notch. Construction had shut down the tramlines outside their headquarters, so Domenico and Stefano, never ones to let a little civic inconvenience stand in the way of a moment, built their own raised stage in the street.
At Dolce & Gabbana this season, it’s clear that blondes really do seem to have more fun. Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been noticing a growing seriousness in the fashion industry lately. “Fashion is a serious business, yes—but now it feels *too* serious,” Dolce remarked. For spring, they decided to lighten things up by taking us on a cinematic journey, drawing inspiration from some of Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshells—think Marilyn Monroe, Monica Vitti, and Marlene Dietrich.
