Dolce & Gabbana Brings The Italian Christmas to London

This year Harrods and Dolce&Gabbana join forces to celebrate the 2017 festive season with an unparalleled partnership: from November 2nd to December 28th a traditional and festive Italian atmosphere will be the main focus of the world’s most famous department store.The partnership will feature special window displays, dedicated pop-up spaces throughout the store, a traditional Italian street market with pupi, lighting, carousels and decorated trees as well as a dedicated Dolce&Gabbana Christmas Tree on Hans Crescent.

For the partnership, Dolce&Gabbana has created a series of exclusive pieces for Harrods as part of the festive collaboration. Long dreamy dresses adorned with flowers, stones and delicate embroidery, Dolce Box bags with prints or applications of roses, moons and stars encrusted with sequins, elegant men’s suits, evening shoes and sneakers with patches or hand-painted images, will be available for everyone who finds themselves in London.

The Italian Market
On the 4th floor of Harrods, Dolce&Gabbana recreate the unique atmosphere of an Italian street market, with all its infinite nuances.

It’s a story of flowers, fruit, vegetables, toys, gastronomic delicacies, dazzling colours, vivacity and joy. These are only a few of the words you could use to describe the background of the vibrant atmosphere one might stumble upon strolling through any Italian town. And it’s also a story of life, an homage to the beauty, tradition and Italian authenticity that one experiences in the streets, the ateliers, the bakeries, fruit vendors, souvenir shops and open-air markets – and this year, also in Harrods, the world’s most famous department store, which this Christmas season will offer a taste of everyday life in Italy.

The market will be decorated with brightly coloured lights and booths displaying accessories, ready-to-wear, toys and gift ideas, many created exclusively for Harrods. Everything will seem as if it were in the middle of an Italian piazza full of delights to browse. Dazzling lights will adorn every corner of the market: the entrance, the ceiling, the booths, and the installations inspired by the famous hand-painted Sicilian carts. Visitors will be transported into a real market suffused with the spirit of countless festivals that animate the lively towns of Southern Italy. If one’s gaze turns instead to the floor, it will seem like walking on an expanse of lemons, oranges and traditional Sicilian fans in a triumph of vibrant colours.

There will be no shortage of gift items that evoke the atmosphere of the festivities: coloured candles with imagery from the Sicilian cart, as well as stationery, romantic diaries covered in coloured silk – all great gift ideas for the upcoming Christmas season.

Exclusive Collections
Dolce&Gabbana has created a series of exclusive pieces for Harrods as part of the collaboration between the two brands for Christmas 2017. Long dreamy dresses adorned with flowers, stones and delicate embroidery, Dolce Box bags with prints or applications of roses, moons and stars encrusted with sequins, elegant men’s suits, evening shoes and sneakers with patches or hand-painted images for a more sporty street look have been created by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana for everyone who finds themselves in London and wouldn’t dream of missing out on this Harrods experience during the magical days leading up to Christmas.

For rose lovers, Dolce&Gabbana have created a dress with puff sleeves in organza, decorated with colourful embroidered silk flowers and romantic heart-shaped velvet patches, combined with a delightful Dolce Box featuring cross stitching on a background of white and pale pink. For those who prefer a more eccentric look, a tube dress encrusted with glittering crystals with roses along its entire length, designed to match with a Dolce Box decorated with hand-painted roses and inset rose blossoms.

Two men’s suits: the tuxedo jacket, Martini style, in lurex brocade with contrasting satin lapels, combined with classic silk shantung trousers. Striped lurex tuxedo trousers and jacket with contrasting lapels embroidered with silver sequins. There are also exclusive pieces for the youngest family members. Little girls will feel like princesses wearing a long red dress in cordonetto lace with long puff sleeves and a black waistband in grosgrain with crystals on the front. For boys, comfortable clothes in jersey and nylon with exclusive graffiti prints: the words ‘amore’ and ‘love’, heart patches, crowns and the Dolce&Gabbana logo make this collection of shorts, trousers, t-shirts, backpacks and rain parkas totally unique. On the same theme and also in jersey there are shoes and outfits for infants