Dolce & Gabbana's latest fall ads are simply my favorite of the season. Though the clothes themselves read costume-y to me with their overtly Napoleonic references, I nonetheless adore the art direction here. It's neoclassical, baroque and, if you will, a lil' bit punk with their subversive and humorous murder mystery subplot.
Maybe Stefano and Domenico were reading Variety when designing this fall collection, since everything "Dangerous Liaisions" is huge in the Zeitgeist -- Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola's film "Marie Antoinette" made the cover of September's Vogue for goodness sakes! -- but never count the boys out for throwing in a naked model here or there. Heroic nude? Non. Gratuitous? OUI!
[Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2006 Campaign, (dolcegabbana.it)].
