Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine XXIII

1 4 4 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I E very woman wants to be a princess, and for the autumn/winter 2016-17 fashion showDolce &Gabbana is the fairy godmother of the fashion world. Contemporary, independent, dressed as a prince or in a ballgown, this season Dolce & Gabbana reveals the princess protagonists of this 21st century fairytale. Step forward Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White as this collection is a compendium of princess fairytale fantasies. “Today, every girl wants to be a princess,” Stefano Gabbana asserted. “Today, everything is possible for the young generation!” He and Domenico Dolce see themselves as storytellers as much as fashion designers, whose job is to divert people’s anxieties away from reality – much as Walt Disney did himself. “We know how the world is today. Fashion makes people dream – this is the service fashion gives,” Gabbana concluded. So this time, rather than revisiting Sicilian history again, the designers found new roles for some of their familiar pieces. The designers stuck to their signature shapes – A-line shift dresses, fifties numbers and little military jackets – and rendered them Walt-worthy. A blue lurex glitter dress for Cinderella, a red form- fitting gown embroidered with little dwarves for Snow White, and a black dress covered in the shards from her stepmother’s smashed mirror for Sleeping Beauty. The mice from Cinderella are even embroidered onto a white crepe mini dress. Floral dresses sporting white tulip and pink rose prints offer a counterpoint to the pantomime dramatics, several exquisitely embroidered with chiffon flowers. The colour palette ensures the mood is kept light, infusing the collection with more sweet colour, such as pale pink, peony pink and pistachio green, finished off with crystal embroidering. The bags of the autumn/winter collection really do take you to a world of wonder and fantasy. Castles, enchanted carriages, clocks about to strike midnight, and romantic candelabras appear on the new bags for winter. The popular Dolce Box bags in a variety of