Kim Kardashian x Dolce & Gabbana dazzled with ‘Ciao, Kim’ show at Milan Fashion Week 2022, drawing on 20 years of archives from the brand – with Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner in the front row

Sep 28 , 2022

Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana acknowledge applause with US media personality Kim Kardashian at the end of the presentation of Dolce & Gabbana’s women’s spring/summer 2023 fashion collection on September 24, as part of the Fashion Week in Milan. Photo: AFP

On September 24, the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week, the Skims founder took vintage galore to the D&G runway, with her kids North, Chicago and Saint West in the crowd

The Kardashians recently donned the brand at Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s gothic-themed wedding; the D&G collaboration draws looks from 1987-2007

Kim Kardashian, 41, took Milan by storm on September 24, curating a new collection for Dolce & Gabbana that took inspiration from 20 years of archival looks.

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Kim Kardashian and Dolce & Gabbana: the backstory

Kim Kardashian’s love of Dolce & Gabbana goes way back, and the affection showed in her curation of their latest collection, drawing on archival looks from 1987-2007.

A model presents creations from the Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2023 collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on September 24. Photo: Reuters

But no matter how hard she tried, even deploying her mother, Kris Jenner, to help make her case, the designers refused to open their archives. “The past is the past,’’ Domenico Dolce explained. “We try to go ahead with the new generation.”

That is, until Kardashian proved she had the right stuff.

Dolce & Gabbana’s women’s spring/summer 2023 fashion collection presented by models on the runway on September 24, as part of the Fashion Week in Milan. Photo: AFP

When Kourtney Kardashian married Travis Barker in Italy, social media swarmed with the vintage Dolce & Gabbana dresses she and her sisters wore. They were all from Kim’s private collection, which she accrued with the help of a book of more than 100 desired Dolce & Gabbana looks she and her stylist compiled years before.

Vintage dresses made a return for Dolce & Gabbana’s spring/summer 2023 collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on September 24. Photo: Reuters

Dolce said the wedding photos persuaded them to dig into the archives, and he approached Kardashian about the project.

“We were afraid that the vintages dresses would look old. Instead, they were still contemporary,” Dolce said.