Religion on the Runway, Via Dolce & Gabbana

THE CATHOLIC REGISTER
By Tristan Bronca

A dress from the Dolce & Gabbana Winter 2014 collection.

ITALY --- Dolce & Gabbana has borrowed from the Catholic Church for its latest fashion line. The Fall/Winter 2014 collection from the high-end designers was inspired by the mosaics of Monreale, a small Sicilian town famous for its art. The original religious images depicted on the collection date back to the 12th century, when artists “from Byzantium and Venice were called in to realize these striking works,” Dolce & Gabbana said in a press release. For the collection, the designers have replicated many of these saintly portraits across the front of dresses and bustiers. Such inspiration wouldn’t mark the first time religious art and symbolism has fuelled consumerism. [link]