Dal cuore alle mani. Dolce e Gabbana

“Step into the world of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, where magic and fantasy, legend and reality intertwine.” Florence Müller, exhibition curator

After the great success in Milan and Paris, Dal Cuore Alle Mani: Dolce&Gabbana (From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana) arrives at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, the sumptuous building designed by Pio Piacentini, a symbolic place of contemporary visual culture and shared heritage, the largest exhibition and cultural space in the centre of Rome, inaugurated in 1883.

After its triumphant passage through Paris, therefore, the exhibition returns to Italy renewed and full of new meanings. Not just rearranged, but protagonist of a narration that has been rethought for the prestigious context that hosts it. The perfect place where Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana's precious creations can dialogue with the magnificent neoclassical architecture, a unique setting for a journey not only through fashion, but in time, art, memory and material.

In more than two hundred unique creations, symbol of Italian Haute Couture style, Dal Cuore Alle Mani: Dolce&Gabbana tells the story of the unparalleled craftsmanship and artisanship expressed by the brand and the love for Italian culture, which has always been the inspiration and muse of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana's designs, whose extraordinary creative process it traces - from the heart, from which ideas spring, to the hands, through which they take shape.

The exhibition also includes the work of selected visual artists in dialogue with the creativity of Dolce&Gabbana.

The exhibition unfolds in a succession of large immersive rooms covering an area of approximately 1,500 square metres along which it explores the brand's creative and unconventional thinking in the world of luxury - elegant, sensual and unique, but also ironic, irreverent and revolutionary.

The creations are narrated in a series of themes that highlight the many Italian cultural influences at the roots of Dolce&Gabbana: from art to architecture, from excellent craftsmanship to folklore, from music to opera, ballet, theatre and, of course, the suggestions of the ‘dolce vita’.

Dolce&Gabbana
Founded in 1985, Dolce&Gabbana is an international leader in the fashion and luxury industry. The founders, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, have always been the creative source of all the brand's activities as well as the prime movers of development strategies. An expression of Italianness, the Group creates, produces and distributes clothing, accessories, fragrances and cosmetics, watches and jewellery, and is present in the segments of Lifestyle collaborations, furniture and unique Haute Couture creations.

From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana is promoted by the Assessorato alla Cultura di Roma Capitale and Azienda Speciale Palaexpo, under the patronage of Roma Capitale, produced and organised by Azienda Speciale Palaexpo with IMG and curated by Florence Müller with set design by Agence Galuchat.

Photo: Mark Blower