It’s always nice to see a show celebrate Christmas during collection week, a very rare moment these days. For Fall the design duo Dominico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana vision a winter wonderland. Obvious inspirations were from the St. Moritz to Madonna wannabe ski Bunny’s. The whole opening section was in all white and all knit. The D&G duo took this seasons big trend of knitwear and showed numerous looks built on a their chunky knitwear. Two jackets that really incorporated the knitwear and outwear combination is the white cashmere cable knit jacket. As well as the cashmere knit lace jacket worn with little brown and white knits shorts.

The knitwear options are endless, I love the chunky cable knit jackets, dresses, cardigan and sweaters. One of the first strong pieces was knit shorts look worn with a cable knit strap suspenders over a embroidered and knit organza sleeveless top. The top is a organza shell over a white satin lining, the organza is embroidered with a flower design. White cashmere ribbed knit is draped on the shoulders and and formed into a turtleneck collar. The detailing of this look has a couture quality, which is odd since their D&G line is their lower end label. This couture quality continues through the collection. Another striking piece is a white organza jacket with panel of cashmere knit floral design around the bottom of the jacket and a matching rib knit along the lapel, pockets, collar and cuffs.

Some of the low points of the collection were all the chunky leather clog and boots. Dolce and Gabbana also added one tartan look to keep with one big trend of the season; unfortunately the tartan blouse was too baggy. Another strong look in the first section was the white organza mini skirt with a snowflake design beaded on the skirt. Worn with a white cashmere cardigan covered in beading and pallet and cable knit strap suspenders. I also loved the white knit sweater top and matching skirt with a organza shell encrusted with a embroidered and beaded diamond design over the knit.

The second section was a little less covered. The duo showed several micro-minis and hot shorts worn with skimpy jacket or shirts. This section seemed to be a cross between a disco queen (with all the silver sequin pieces) and a ski bunny with all the hot shorts and leotard. Overall the second section seemed to be filled with a lot of repeat look from the first section. For the evening section Dolce & Gabbana only showed a handful of looks. Nothing really stood out in this section, the coloring of the looks jumped away from the stark white section but a few looks really popped out at you.

The must have looks for D&G this Fall includes the cocktail dress version of the organza and cashmere knit skirt seen earlier in the collection. The skirt is longer showing the detail of the embroidery and beading design. The look is topped off with white cashmere sleeveless halter turtleneck sweater. The must have look is the white cashmere rib knit body suit worn with a matching knit head scarf. The body combined with the chunky cable knit jacket is very dramatic. Overall I found the collection to be a little lost. I think the design duo tend to think their customer wants that whole rock-n-roll chick look each season and throw in looks or even sections that destroy the overall vision of the collection.

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