Dolce & Gabbana's 'Du Coeur à La Main' exhibition in Paris showcases the duo's love affair with Italian art and culture through 12 breathtaking tableaux.
Dolce & Gabbana ’s ‘Du Coeur à La Main (From the Heart to the Hand)’ exhibition at Paris’ Grand Palais is a breathtaking spectacle. Less a retrospective, more a Grand Tour, it takes us from Stefano’s birthplace of Milan to Florence, Naples and Capri, then to Domenico’s birthplace of Sicily, Palermo and Taormina, to marvel at the opulence of Italy ’s art and culture, transcending the ephemerality of fashion.
\For those who missed its Milan debut, or not lucky enough to score front-row seats at their shows, ‘From the Heart to the Hands’ provides a unique close-up of the artistry and craftsmanship of the label. Curated by Florence Müller, it unfolds through twelve retina-searing tableaux, with 200 one-off Alta Moda and Alta Sartoria creations, 300 handmade accessories including Alta Gioielleria, and 130 original artworks, spread over a 1,200 sq m extravaganza on three floors. \Blacked-out corridors lead to heavy, black velvet drapes. Parting these, each set bursts exuberantly into life in one of its twelve theatrical acts; Fatto a mano; Architecture and Artists; Dream of Divinity; Divine Mosaics; Sicilian Traditions; White Baroque; Devotion; Italian Ornaments and Volumes; The Leopard; In the Heart of Milan; Opera, and the finale, The Art and Craft of Glasswork, with craftswomen embroidering with glass, live. Catholic imagery abounds, with religious icons woven into sweaters, a bishop’s mitre as headwear, and a thurible handbag carried on a chain by a male model. On the staircases, clusters of the designers’ signature Sicilian widow silhouettes clutch rosary beads in black form-fitting silk-satin gazar and lace. The Sacred Heart symbol is a recurrent motif, suggesting that creativity cannot exist without divine passion. \The exhibition proves one thing. The past is not dead. The past can be brought back to life by l’Alta Moda.
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