Sunday 22 March 2009

Analysis - Spring 2008 Collection

1). The colours used in this Collection include black, grey, white, red , green, yellow and violet. And Dolce and Gabbana have applied a number of colour schemes on the clothings. They also added floral patterns to some of the clothings. Besides, there are some painting-like prints on some other pieces as well.

2). In my view, the Spring 2008 Collection has combined the classical D&G's style with the element of innovation, just like the Spring 2006 Collection. In this one, many of the designs are in mono-colour, like the others, and part of them are with floral patterns. But for the last few pieces of dresses, the designs are quite different from the others as they are not slim-cut, instead, the part below waistline is quite bulk actually. Also, the colours of these few pieces are somewhat different from the main colours of this collection

3). Dolce and Gabbana have applied Complimentary Color Scheme on one of the last few pieces of dresses, using colors on the opposite side of the color wheel, with a warm colour (Yellow) and a cool colour (violet) together.



4). Monochromatic Color Scheme, which is to use the same hue but changes the brightness and saturation, is also applied on some sets of clothing. For one of the last few pieces of dresses, Dolce&Gabbana adjust the saturation of colour through overlapping the facbric, which seems like Chiffon.



5). Dolce and Gabbana used mono-color for many sets of clothings, especially the white and the black ones.



I remember that in an interview with Gabbana, he had talked about the spring 2008 collection. He said that as Dolce and he wanted something new this year, they added the element of art to this year's collection. Therefore, they had different paintings on the clothings.

Friday 20 March 2009

Analysis - Spring 2009 Collection

1). In this Collection, Dolce and Gabbana did not use many different hues, but black, red, blue and white mainly.

2). Although only 4 major colours were used, Dolce and Gabbana used a few colour schemes, giving an impression that the collection is very rich in colours.

3). In many of the sets, Dolce and Gabbana used mono-color for the whole set of clothings. At the same time, Monochromatic Color Scheme is applied on the collection, using the same hue but changes the brightness and saturation to achieve different shades and tints.





4). Sometimes, Monochromatic Color Scheme is applied on a set of clothing, using the same hue for the whole set but changes the brightness and saturation of the bodice or the part below waistline.
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Tuesday 17 March 2009

Colour Line from 2004 to 2009



Due to the lack of time, I have only analysized the use of colours in Dolce & Gabbana Spring Collection from 2004 to 2009. With reference to the colour line, I find that in every collection, Dolce and Gabbana will use the colours Black, White and Red. However, sometimes, they may change the chroma or the saturation of the Red. In conclusion, the three colours, Black, white and Red are the theme colors of Dolce & Gabbana.

Friday 13 March 2009

Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2009 Collection




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The Colours mainly used in this collection

Thursday 12 March 2009

Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2008 Collection




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The Colours mainly used in this collection

Tuesday 10 March 2009