Dolce & Gabbana F/W 2012: Backstage

Embellished; rococo; ornate; aureate. Gold embroidery, elaborately florid and tapestry-like. Lace, velvet, and fur.

'Girl Panic'

'Girl Panic' - Duran Duran 2011; a highly amusing, 'meta video' directed by Jonas Akerlund, styled by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. 
Staring Cindy Crawford as John Taylor, Helena Christensen as Roger Taylor, Eva Herzigova as Nick Rhodes, and Naomi Campbell as the band's front man Simon Le Bon [which means Yasmin Le Bon (Simon's wife) is left as an unnamed session guitarist*]. Saturated with references to the band's influential music video history, this debaucherous, nostalgic and multi-layered clip is an over-the-top, (note swarovski sponsorship) indulgent, and fun 10 minute epic.


Downsides: Naomi Campbell's unfortunately hideous attempt at a masculine haircut for the final scene.

* See Duran Duran's Supermodel-filled 'Girl Panic' Music Video Alex Rees, The Cut, NYMag 2011

'Room #506' Velvet Italia 2011

Magazine: Velvet Italia
Issue: April 2011
Editorial: Room #506
Model: Eileen Hydorn
Photographer: Karen Collins
Stylist: Sabrina Vanotti

Dolce and Gabbana Spring Summer 2011 Ready to Wear details

'materials: guipure, valenciennes, macramé, filet, crochet: all the variations of lace; silk, organza, chiffon, stretch chiffon, linen, linen organza, cotton poplin, cotton muslin, brocade, elastic, charming stretch'*

















*Vogue Italia review