Editor’s notice: Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana offered their first Dolce & Gabbana assortment in 1985. To mark their fortieth yr in trend, and as a part of Vogue Runway’s ongoing efforts to doc the historical past of trend exhibits, we’re closing out 2025 by including two newly digitized exhibits from their ’90s heyday to the positioning. This spring 1996 assortment was offered in Milan on October 8, 1995.
Think about the Woman from Ipanema, solely transported to Palermo and filtered by way of a Dolce & Gabbana lens—that’s the gist of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s spring 1996 assortment. Inside the context of their work, that is one in all their extra minimal exhibits, that includes many monotone seems to be.
Linda Evangelista opened in a sleeveless, hooded knit column carrying a straw basket, trying just like the very definition of resort, southern-Italian fashion. What adopted had been iterations of the look, every one revealing extra pores and skin by way of facet slits and even increased hems. The shorter the gown, the nearer to God? The mini-est of all of them was accessorized with a cross as if anticipating penance.
Suiting obtained a summery makeover when paired with midriff-baring tops, and fedoras offered a counterpoint to the snoodlike head coverings and chin-tied headscarves. Most stunning had been the nautical seems to be—navy and white or striped. These managed to carry their very own among the many animal prints that (near the top of the present) had been paired to conflict with floral beaded items that had a classic sensibility. The identical may very well be stated of a sequence of black seems to be with tulle ruffles on the hem.
