K-pop star Jessica Jung steps onto the runway for Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week
Plus-sized models tread the runway with Ashley Graham; and Stevie Wonder, Cardi B and Liam Payne take the front row, as maison presents its ‘DNA’ spring-summer collection
Plus-sized models led by Ashley Graham joined 1990s-era supermodels and celebrities on Dolce & Gabbana’s catwalk on Sunday as the Italian fashion house presented its opulent “DNA” spring-summer collection.
VIPs also studded the audience at one of the last shows of Milan Fashion Week, with singers Stevie Wonder, Cardi B and Liam Payne surrounded by young influencers in the front row.
Church bells rang as a solemn procession of women dressed in black and veiled, carrying candles, opened the show. The curtain rose to reveal a cast including models Eva Herzigova and Helena Christensen and actresses Monica Bellucci and Isabella Rossellini.
Herzigova wore a black ruffled dress with a train resembling those worn by flamenco dancers. Bellucci strutted in a black and white off-the-shoulder polka-dot dress with metallic sandals. Rossellini walked down the pink runway with her family.
Italian opera and traditional music, sung by late tenor Luciano Pavarotti, was the soundtrack to the show.
For the first time in years plus-sized models walked a major show in the Italian fashion capital, with Ashley Graham dressed in a figure-hugging animal print dress leading them.
