There are collaborations born from strategy, and others that emerge from shared instinct. When Mytheresa and Dolce&Gabbana meet, what unfolds is carefully orchestrated memory. One that smells of orange blossom and sea salt, that shimmers in sunlight, and that moves to the slow, compelling rhythm of Sicilian folklore.
In late May, amidst the theatrical cliffs and baroque balconies of Taormina, the two fashion powerhouses unveiled a three-chapter event, intertwining fashion, design, and experience. The protagonists of the events are the drop of the “Dolce&Gabbana x Mytheresa The Exclusive Taormina Collection” and the “Dolce&Gabbana Casa x Mytheresa The Exclusive Collection”, and the celebration is not only a collaboration launch, but a summertime reverie.
At the heart of the collaboration lies “The Exclusive Taormina Collection”, a sartorial tribute to Southern Italian joy and Dolce&Gabbana’s signature Sicilian inspiration. Over 150 pieces for women and children sketch out a vivid summer story in cotton, silk, and sun-saturated color. There are floaty kaftans patterned with majolica tiles, lemon-printed bikinis that glint like postcards from Sicilian Riviera, and dresses striped like beach umbrellas at dusk.
Volume is handled with ease; prints are layered without apology. This is maximalism reimagined for modern day escape—a wardrobe for afternoons that stretch past sunset, for dinners where the wine is cold and the air smells of rosemary. Accessories complete the vision: jewelled sandals, twisted silk scarves, sunglasses blooming with floral appliqués. Even the children’s pieces feel like heirlooms in motion, echoing the silhouettes of their older counterparts in miniature revelry.
From wardrobe to the entire home, Dolce&Gabbana Casa x Mytheresa extended the dream indoors. The exclusive homeware capsule reinterprets the same motifs. With lemons, bougainvillea and bold stripes painted on porcelain tableware, embroidered linens, and sculptural glass, each object balances craft with theatre. A plate is not just a plate: it’s a canvas for conviviality. A cushion is not just comfort: it’s character.
This is the Mediterranean hospitality at its most distilled. The collection doesn’t suggest how to decorate, but how to live. Meals become rituals and rooms acquire accents, every table dressed in this collection is a celebration waiting to begin.
But perhaps the most compelling part of the story was the setting in which it was told. Over the course of two sun-drenched days, Mytheresa and Dolce&Gabbana invited talents, press and friends of the brand to experience the collaboration in its natural habitat.
It began with an aperitivo and intimate dinner in the Belvedere Gardens of the San Domenico Palace, now a Four Seasons hotel where the season two of The White Lotus shot. Under cypress trees and flickering lanterns, guests dined al fresco to the sounds of the Mediterranean wave.
The next day of the experience taken place at the heart of Taormina, from artisan stalls to the iconic Mocambo café in Piazza IX Aprile, where Dolce&Gabbana have recently breathed new life into the town’s dolce vita landmark. There, in between of ceramic pots, accordion music, and braided baskets of local produce, the garments blended back into their origin. The surroundings didn’t serve as background, they became the collection’s cultural source code embedded into each piece.
At a time when collaborations can feel transactional, the union between Dolce&Gabbana and Mytheresa is refreshingly complete. Fashion, home, and place are not separate chapters, but overlapping scenes in the same narrative. There is a through line of craftsmanship, of immersion, of unapologetic love for beauty as a way of being in the scent of lemons on linen, in the clink of glassware echoing through an open terrace, in the feel of silk against tanned skin and when the light outside turns amber. The Dolce&Gabbana x Mytheresa collection launch isn’t asking to be liked, it invites anyone who is interested to enter.
