Dolce & Gabbana’s eclectic Milan show proves you don’t have to be rich and famous – or thin and trendy — to wear high fashion

Dolce & Gabbana’s autumn/winter collection of colourful coats, jewelled denim, slogan T-shirts and embroidered boots showcased stars and their children, but also featured families and friends

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The runway was packed at the end of Dolce & Gabbana’s women’s autumn/winter show in Milan. Photo: AFP

Published: 12:58pm, 27 Feb 2017Updated: 1:17pm, 28 Feb 2017

The Italian design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are renowned showmen and have pulled off a coup other fashion houses dream of – their clothes are not just for the ultra rich and ultra thin.

Models on the catwalk at the Dolce & Gabbana show. Photo: AFP

Their autumn/winter show had a cast list 17 pages long, filled with real (and really famous) people of all shapes and sizes, and all friends of the house. There were veteran models like Marpessa Hennink and her daughter Ariel, and Andrea Dellal with her daughters, shoe designer Charlotte Olympia and model Alice Dellal, Lady Kitty Spencer (cousin of Prince William) and celebrity model Lucky Blue Smith. From the music world Ella and Alexandra, granddaughter and daughter of Keith Richards, and the offspring of actors Jude Law (Rafferty) and Jamie Foxx (Corinne), to name a few.

Model Marpessa Hennink and daughter Ariel. Photo: Reuters

There were real people, the clients: mothers, daughters, toddlers in mini-me outfits, sisters, fathers, boyfriends and girlfriends. It was a global group of friends and influencers (even journalists) representing every ethnic and age group, all smiling and clearly enjoying the experience.

Brazilian actress Grazi Massafera and US singer Austin Mahone at the Dolce & Gabbana show in Milan. Photo: Reuters

Live music was provided by young American pop music star Austin Mahone, who danced with the models and added to the show’s uplifting experience.

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