DOLCE&GABBANA

The 1990s has shaped up as Gen Z’s preferred decade when it comes to style references and for fall/winter 2021, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana gave the era’s most recognisable tropes an e-girl remix. The collection reads like a greatest hits of the late ’90s—there are crystal bustiers, barely there dresses, metallic disco pants, boudoir lace bralets, oversize puffer jackets, and bodysuits spray-painted in fluorescent graffiti. Models sported cyber-punk rainbow-coloured highlights in their hair as well as lips painted black or blue. A collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia saw robots take on a starring role in both the teaser video and the show. Colours and prints were inspired by circuit boards, programming lines and computer screen glitches, while some models were geared up like Robocops in oversize shoulders, holographic dresses and ultra-chunky sneakers.