A 10-Point Guide to Dolce Gabbana’s Sicilian Inspirations Inline
Photo: (From left) Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com; Getty Images1/10Dolce Gabbana’s men’s Fall 2016 spaghetti western might seem straight out of Texas, but Gabbana cited the dramatic vistas of Sicily’s mountainous range between Palermo and Catania as an inspiration. Here, a view of Castelbuono in northern Sicily.
Photo: (From left) Getty Images; Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com2/10Domenico Dolce remembers being 7 years old when he first visited the Chinese Palace in Palermo. Some years later he would return to the place as an inspiration for his Spring 2016 men’s collection.
Photo: (From left) Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com; Getty Images3/10Matadors in Sicily? Dolce and Gabbana found inspiration in the Spanish rule of Sicily that lasted from 1516 to 1713. Perhaps the Duomo di Catania, above, served as a reference for the pale blue of this bolero.
Photo: (From left) Getty Images; Kim Weston Arnold / Indigitalimages.com4/10Even before the Spaniards there were the Normans, who ruled Sicily from 1030 to 1198. Their fairy tales inspired Dolce Gabbana’s Fall 2014 collection. Some vestiges of Norman rule are still visible in today’s Sicily, like this mosaic in the Church of La Martorana in Palermo that depicts Norman King Roger II’s coronation by Christ.
Photo: (From left) Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com; Getty Images5/10Dolce Gabbana’s historical explorations accelerated with their Spring 2014 collection that #TBT’ed all the way back to Greece’s colonization of Sicily, beginning in the 8th century B.C.E. The columns of the Temple of Hera in Selinunte were printed on dresses like this one worn by Anna Ewers.
