DOLCE& GABBANA

What does one wear in the metaverse? For Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, this proposition was the leading question for their collection this season. The show was imagined as a video game, and the set reflected this—deliberately stimulating moving visuals made up the runway, as Machine Gun Kelly headlined the show. Copious amounts of black opened the presentation in a myriad of Matrix- worthy permutations: gartered stockings; amplified shoulders; and a cocoon-shaped puffer that literally swaddled the body. The most memorable looks of the collection came in the form of the massive yeti-like fur ensembles, and the red vinyl looks that rooted the collection in ‘why not’ absurdity. In the metaverse, fashion is free to defy gravity and reality. For Dolce&Gabbana, this is possible in the real world, too.