Entertaining, spectacular, with a limpid curatorial edge, the exhibition reads as an awe-inspiring homage to Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s artistry, and to their unabashed love for his or her nation. “It’s inconceivable to specific what I really feel; tonight, I’m so pleased and grateful, “mentioned an emotional Domenico Dolce in his speech earlier than the dinner, held below the frescoed ceiling of Sala delle Cariatidi. “After I arrived in Milan as a younger style scholar from Sicily, I fell in love with the town, and prayed the Madonnina (the golden statue of the Madonna that overlooks the town from the Duomo’s spires) to maintain me right here, and to not ship me again to Sicily! She listened to my prayer and right here I’m, on this lovely palazzo, surrounded by the ladies who’ve impressed our collections, and by so many pals, on this metropolis, which I really like dearly for all of the alternatives it has given us. It brings me a lot pleasure, it’s overwhelming. It’s enormous, it’s too enormous!”

Stefano Gabbana echoed Dolce’s happiness, highlighting the exhibition’s function: “It’s about leaving a legacy to younger generations, to encourage them to persevere within the pursuit of their goals, as we did once we began our firm,” he mentioned. “For us, it is a dream come true, and it’s proof that for those who imagine in what you do, you may make it too.”

The movie star contingent had all however praises for the designers’ fabulous physique of labor. Isabella Rossellini, a longtime muse and pals, clad in an elegant white brocade pajama and funky flat slippers, made a witty, affectionate speech. “Dolce & Gabbana have been described as one designer with two heads, a kind of historical mythological creature,” she mentioned. “Collectively, they’re formidable. They inform the story of Italianità, the Italian spirit—a mixture of innocence, sophistication, and audacity. They do it with true artistry, mixing the sacred with the profane, the melancholy with the joyful, the romantic with the sexual”.

Cher, wanting sensational in black ripped jeans, shaggy furry jacket, and an identical beret holding in place her lengthy black locks, reminisced about her longtime friendship with Stefano and Domenico:” I really like what they do as a result of it simply suits me fantastically, and it’s daring; they’ve one foot in historical past, and the opposite sooner or later, they really feel what’s coming; they nonetheless have the emotion, the dedication. The exhibition is wonderful; I didn’t think about that they’d that breadth of labor, it took my breath away. Their collections are at all times above degree; I nonetheless have all their bustiers, all their clothes, and I nonetheless put on them.”

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