Dolce & Gabbana curates Kim Kardashian for Spring/Summer 2023 Collection

Dolce & Gabbana Enlists Kim Kardashian for SS23 Collection

Dolce & Gabbana's Spring/Summer 2023 Collection, showcased during the Spring/Summer 2023 Milan Fashion Week, featured Reality TV star turned business mogul as its curator. Kim Kardashian has been a longtime friend of the fashion house, and the brand loves the Kardashian-Jenner clan, having also sponsored Kourtney wedding to Travis Barker. The SKIMS founder teased the runway collection on Instagram using the hashtags #CiaoKim and #DolceGabbana, and later shared in a press conference that the collaboration came about after Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce learned that Kim had “some pieces that even they didn’t have in their own archives.” Kim revealed, “Yes, I have this futuristic alien Barbie personality, which I like. But in my soul I feel very sensual Italian mob wife at the same time. I don’t know if that’s appropriate to say.”

The Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2023 Collection is not a typical collaboration, instead a partnership that has Kim Kardashian as the “curator,” who selected archival pieces from 1987 to 2007 that were then reworked for the latest runway. Each design was presented with a tag indicating which year the garments are from. Models sashayed down the ramp clad in corset dresses and tops, while the Y2K trend was visible with PVC numbers, low-rise trousers and more. Canadian tuxedos were seen on the runway too, which had A-listers in attendance from Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian and more.

Looking to rebrand themselves after Dolce & Gabbana came under fire for its problematic, racist campaign video in 2018, which eventually led to the cancellation of its scheduled show in Shanghai, and causing multiple retailers to drop the brand despite the two designers’ apology video, Dolce & Gabbana seem to have struck a deal with the most popular Kardashian-Jenners, whose influence around the globe is undeniable, having more than 652 million followers combined.