It’s quite possible that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were born in the wrong century.
Their dedication to an unfailingly bombastic, the gilded aesthetic would neatly lend itself to a Renaissance existence.
No wonder, then, that the designers took the 15th-century as inspiration for the Alta Moda show they staged in December 2018 – and that it informs a new exhibition at Christie’s.