Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana said they found inspiration for their latest collection while strolling the Chelsea galleries in New York, and it seems more than a few others viewed their garments as blank canvases for the spring 2008 season.
Dolce & Gabbana's show began with a video tribute to young painters and continued with the brush strokes leaping from the screen to skirts and dresses. Marni's marine-colored brushstrokes were reminiscent of modern artist Peter Doig's watercolors, while Frida Gianni turned towards East Hampton and Jackson Pollock's erratic splatters as inspiration at Gucci.
At Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld's concentric circle patterns teased the eye in the vein of Op Art, and Armani's modern florals were essentially Impressionism revisited. Thakoon played upon painterly influences as wide-ranging as Sol LeWitt and Henri Matisse.
Like any beautiful works of art, these pieces are meant to be collected and treasured—much of Dolce & Gabbana's collection is hand-painted and will be produced in limited editions. Feel free to pensively rub your chin, get very close, and pretend to truly understand each piece before slipping into them next spring.
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