The Touch, The Feel, The Texture.

Touch is a sense that we use everyday. The way that something feels pysically can affect how we feel emotionally. Textrue plays an important role in the sense of touch. Texture can be found everywhere from the bedding that you wake up on each morning, to the sweater you decided to dress yourself with, all the way down to the socks you have covering your toes.

Texture in clothing design can be influenced from many places. Nature, art, and home furnishings all influence fashion designers to create garments that people can feel. Dolce and Gabbana utilize fashion in every collection especially in the Spring/Summer 2013 collection that has recently hit the runway.

The appliques that D&G used on these different garments
are exactly identical to the Daisy. This is a perfect way to
show how nature can influence fashion designers.

The fabric used on the front bodice of the dress
and the weaving design used on the skirt
resemble netting that is used in fishing.

Texture could ultimately make or break a garment all beacuse of how it feels. The type of fabric that is used, appliques, beading, and finishings are all extremely important peices of a garment that designers must carefully select. I think that Dolce and Gabbana exectued tecture perfectly in their Spring/Summer 2013 collection!

Color: From Head to Toes.

If you follow fashion at all you know Dolce & Gabbana is pretty consistent with using the color black. However, when you see the Spring/Summer 2013 collection you are instantly mesmerized by all the vibrant colors used. The colors that are so apparent are the bright reds and yellows, the vibrant blues, the forest greens, and the burnt oranges. Some muted tones such as tan and brown are used as well as the traditional black and white.

D&G SS 2013: Burnt Orange with Colored Print

D&G SS 2013: Tan with Red Embroidery

D&G SS 2013: Bright Blue with Brown Combo

Last season was all about the drama and romance with the embroidery and black lace, but this time around, the duo decided to brighten up the runway with an ode to the island of Italy! Just like any good vacation abroad, there was plenty for the eye to take in such as the street-scene printed dresses saturated in primary hues, raffia basket weaves, and the collection's real standouts- the multiple boldly striped dresses, '50s-style short sets, in the vibrant colors against the crisp white.

D&G SS 2013: Red Stripe Short Set

D&G SS 2013: Bright Blue Striped Dress

D&G SS 2013: Forest Green Striped Dress

Not only did the patterns of the collection come from inspiration around the streets of Italy, but the colors did too.

View of Italy: Notice the blue, green, and red.

Streets of Italy: Color inspiration. 

Although it is great to see some color strut down the runway of Dolce & Gabbana they could of taken it even one step further by adding different hues of the colors they had chosen. They could add darker hues to create more depth throughout the collection. I created a second color story(seen below) that could compliment the one they currently have for their Spring/Summer 2013 collection. Since they utilized so many colors in their collection for SS 2013, they could use colors such as these to continue on their colorful path.