It is i-Cub, a humanoid robot with the eyes of a child, that kicks off on the catwalk, in Milan, the "new chapter" of Dolce and Gabbana, inspired by technology and dedicated to young people and their "free and naive" approach "to the clothes.
"Artificial intelligence has given us the green light for this collection" say the stylists who for the show, presented with a video at the end of the Milano Moda Donna fashion shows, collaborated with the Italian Institute of Technology, which provided not only I-cub - of which there are about fifty examples around the world -, but also three models of R1, another humanoid on wheels born in 2016. For robots, "built for the research with which they develop - he explains the president of the Italian research institute Giorgio Metta - artificial intelligence algorithms, the one with Dolce and Gabbana is an artistic collaboration ".
There is even more from the two designers: "at the beginning, from the institute - they say - they told us that they are not dolls, but we had already started talking about technology three years ago with drones on the catwalk. All 'at the beginning there were sparks, then love: we were inspired by their world because research is the basis of everything, just see what happens with vaccines ".
But research is also at the basis of fashion: "it takes harmony - they underline - between a new world and clothing, you can't go around with the club in Manhattan".
And this today "is a world of children without preconceptions to which we must speak, because they are the ones who give new life".
These guys, observed through social networks, according to fashion designers ask for the same spirit of the 90s and live the sexy not related to sex but as hedonism.
This collection is designed for them that draws on the history of the maison, re-proposing cult garments such as the corset by Prince in Cream, the bodysuit by Madonna and that of Naomi, the guepière and the garters, but also quotes such as jackets with oversized shoulders, the maxi leopard-print and printed duvets, the tight-fitting jumpsuits, the t-shirts with the words' '90's fashion' or 'I love supermodel'.
And who then sets off to experiment in the name of technology and freedom, such as cardigans and pullovers in wool woven with cellophane or the jacket in wool and nylon wrapped in cellophane or trousers in shiny silk satin "coated like a Ferrari", all between metallic flashes and fluorescent colors.
"The influence of Covid is there - explain the two - we project what we are onto our clothes and, therefore, fun and protection go together".
And here are the gaiters to cover the shoes and the transparent plastic masks, but also the mini dress made of large pearls and that's it: "creativity has been flattened by politically correct, judgment is stupid and ignorant, but young people - underline creative people - they have a free approach to clothes, if they like sparkling they don't ask 'where am I going?' ".
And they do the same with their bodies, as evidenced by the models and ordinary people, or almost, chosen for the show: rainbow, pink, yellow, blue hair and tattoos in profusion, real faces of a new world and a new chapter. of the maison.
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