In that video recording, Dolce and Gabbana remembered a 1993 show in which they used similar patchworking techniques, only for different ends. That long-ago collection was inspired by the bohemian 1970s, a popular reference in the early ’90s. No hippie flashback, this outing is attuned to the present day. There’s no way around how hard this COVID-19 year has been for fashion brands—from creative leads and CEOs on down to pattern makers and seamstresses. Like their crochet collection of last February—which looks more and more prescient in the rearview mirror—this one puts the emphasis on fatta a mano, on Italian craftsmanship.
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My Quilting Room This Place Is Mine Don’t Mess With My Mess Shirt
My Corgi Is My Lucky Charm St. Patricks Day Shirt
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While Brown had always been surrounded by fashion, she didn’t start learning about the business aspect until she moved to New York from Paris and started managing bands, including The Moldy Peaches. Her aha clothing moment occurred when she was working with the girl group Telepathy. “I started to understand a bit more about how fashion is advertised. People were contacting me and they were designers and stylists saying, ‘We’re going to send you this, we’re going to send you that, put it on the girls, like have them wear it onstage,’” says Brown. “It was the first time that I was really looking at fashion as something that could be promoted as a product in a different way [than in magazines].”
