Dolce & Gabbana is looking to family wardrobes for Spring/Summer 2027, building its latest women’s collection around clothes, materials and techniques associated with generations of Sicilian dressing.
Titled “Stravaganza Siciliana,” the collection brings together lace, bodices, trousseau pieces and embroidered garments with more contemporary staples. The idea is less about recreating a period wardrobe than mixing pieces from different eras.
That approach shapes the styling throughout the collection. Slip dresses are layered over jackets, while lingerie appears alongside eveningwear. Antique lace is paired with denim and other everyday pieces, creating combinations that move between formal and casual.
Embroidery is a major focus. Hand-worked details, coral, buttons and brooches appear across dresses, jackets, skirts and denim. Traditional materials such as damask, brocade, crochet and lace are also used in new ways, including on pieces designed to resemble elements from old interiors and family trousseaus.
Leopard print gets a similar treatment. The pattern appears on outerwear, dresses, jackets and accessories, moving across printed fabrics, jacquard, satin, velvet and leather.
The collection also brings in colour through floral prints inspired by the 1920s and 1930s. They appear on chiffon, devoré and textured fabrics, while Vichy checks add another pattern to the mix. Black remains central, particularly in jackets, lace dresses and other established Dolce & Gabbana silhouettes.
Some of those signatures are also reshaped. The classic Dolce jacket is made lighter and follows the body more closely, while trousers take on a flared cut influenced by the 1970s.
Accessories follow the same mix-and-match approach. Bags feature embroidery, gems, crochet and textured leather. Shoes combine leopard motifs with geometric details, crocheted flowers, stones and embroidery across slingbacks, ballet flats and boots.
For Spring/Summer 2027, Dolce & Gabbana uses Sicily as a starting point but avoids keeping its references in the past. The collection instead mixes inherited pieces, familiar house codes and newer silhouettes into a wardrobe shaped by personal styling.
