Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana debuted their first collection together in 1986. Ever since, this brand has been known for dramatic, sexy clothing inspired by Italy. Corset dresses and leopard print coats are among the items that they’ve gotten attention for.
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What they do right is present clothing that a woman can wear and feel powerfully sexy and in control. Crochet seems right up their alley. since its lacy peek-a-boo nature lends itself well to sex appeal. Let’s see what they’ve got for us:
Table of Contents
- 1 1. Brick-stitched Crochet Mini Dress
- 2 2. Carretto-print Crochet Hawaiian Shirt
- 3 3. Crochet Bra Top and Skirt
- 4 4. Crochet Hat with DG Logo
- 5 5. Crochet Slip Dress
- 6 6. Crochet Slippers
- 7 7. Raffia Crochet Dolce Box Bag
- 8 1. Crochet Summer Top Free Pattern
- 9 2. Dolce & Gabbana Crochet Dress Pattern
- 10 3. Amore (ala Dolce & Gabbana)
- 11 4. DOLCE & GABBANA BABY BLANKET
- 12 5. Dolce & Gabbana Stitches: Skirt & Jacket pattern
- 13 6. Cardigan Dolce Gabbana Hand-knitted style Square Crochet
1. Brick-stitched Crochet Mini Dress
Brick-stitched Crochet Mini Dress
This beautiful bright fuchsia colored dress has stunning detail work to create a breathtaking pattern against a bright white background. What an inspiration for making your own dress!
2. Carretto-print Crochet Hawaiian Shirt
Carretto-print Crochet Hawaiian Shirt
Using the well beloved Sicilian Carretto carts as inspiration behind the bright colored design, this lightweight crochet shirt is a masterclass in detailing and colorwork.
3. Crochet Bra Top and Skirt
Crochet Bra Top and Skirt
Paired with the matching long pencil crochet skirt, this duo screams sexy sophistication. The open lace stitching has the perfect shaping work around the breasts while adding simple yet elegant detail work around the edges.
4. Crochet Hat with DG Logo
Crochet Hat with DG Logo
DG has not missed the bucket hat trend and has added a few hats of varying colors to their summer 2023 collection. With the well known DG label, these hats have their own unique shape and style.
5. Crochet Slip Dress
Crochet Slip Dress
Dolce & Gabbana really have mastered the technique of simple perfection and that rings so true with this gorgeous crochet slip dress.
6. Crochet Slippers
Crochet Slippers
The shape work of these crochet shoes is impeccable and truly beautiful craftsmanship.
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7. Raffia Crochet Dolce Box Bag
Raffia Crochet Dolce Box Bag
Using Raffia yarn, this Dolce box has flowers popping off the sides and creating a beautiful bouquet you can carry with you.
1. Crochet Summer Top Free Pattern
Crochet Summer Top Free Pattern
This beautiful lacey top is a free pattern, inspired by the intricate and lovely stitch work so often seen in DG designs.
2. Dolce & Gabbana Crochet Dress Pattern
Dolce & Gabbana Crochet Dress Pattern
Another gorgeous lace design, this pattern replicates a lovely DG dress and can be made with different styles.
3. Amore (ala Dolce & Gabbana)
Amore (ala Dolce & Gabbana)
DG makes not only clothing, but jewelry and accessories too. This necklace is inspired by their use of crochet flowers in their jewelry.
4. DOLCE & GABBANA BABY BLANKET
DOLCE & GABBANA BABY BLANKET
This beautiful baby blanket is simply stunning with all the intricate stitch work and ruffle edging.
5. Dolce & Gabbana Stitches: Skirt & Jacket pattern
Dolce & Gabbana Stitches: Skirt & Jacket pattern
Learn an advanced DG lace design that you can make into your own customized skirt, jacket or top by layering lace segments.
6. Cardigan Dolce Gabbana Hand-knitted style Square Crochet
Cardigan Dolce Gabbana Hand-knitted style Square Crochet
Replicating one of their beautiful designs, this granny square jacket includes sequins and bright colors to make a gorgeous crochet jacket.
had to put in my 2 cents… Most of this stuff is lovely and, Yes if someone gave it to me I would wear it… Love the shoes and “G” sguare hand bag!!!! I am sorry no way would I pay that kind of money..Really? 2 thousand plus $’s ???? Seems a little excessive to me.. Oh well I am NOT a material girl…. that kinda money would buy alot of fancy yarn…..:)
@65mary65 Yeah I actually don’t wear designer brands myself and wouldn’t pay that much for any single item of clothing but I like looking at it anyway :)
I didn’t mean to come across has “harsh” after I read my stuff i wrote yesterday.. I love looking at it very much so…Without you putting it all to together i wouldn’t know what was out there. I am going to get my Java and catch up on today. Thank You for replys.:)
@65mary65 Don’t worry, I didn’t take it as harsh. I think most crafty people wouldn’t pay that kind of money for designer crochet!! :)
wish we could see it in person so we could see all the great ways they finished it. It looks fabulous. People like us don’t even get to see something like this. Maybe we should call Lion Brand and ask them to make a pattern for us. Ha Ha
@CheryllBaberSalzberg Your comment made me think of the Counterfeit Crochet Project: http://www.counterfeitcrochet.org/about.html
How about we invite the designer to come to the US and bring the lovely hardware and handles and teach us the pattern. i just love it. In exchange we could do something nice for him. I’m not sure what. Now wouldn’t that be a dream class? Or how about inviting him to a big crochet event and talk about his work. He could also teach a class on his techniques of finishing . A great dream.
@CheryllBaberSalzberg I would love to get some insight from these big designers into their choices to use crochet in their lines. It’s not common – usually only one or two pieces per season if that – so there’s got to be some thought behind it.
I think the designers appreciate fine crafted objects. i think we as crocheters need to look at what they are doing because they are really taking our art to another level. The handles and construction on those purses is fabulous. I think we need to learn from it. Oh to hold one of those purses in our hands and see how it is constructed and the fine work done. Maybe one of us who lives in a big city can go to a store and see one and maybe sneak a few pictures for us to see. maybe someone needs to plan a tour to Italy and meet up with some of these fabulous crocheters who could teach us.
@CheryllBaberSalzberg Great ideas. I actually could probably see some of these things in the stores here. I almost never go into the name brand stores (I’m a thrifter kind of gal) but it would be worth a tour to see what I can find and photograph for the blog.
I have some up with an idea to have a finely crafted bag that would be close to the designer finish by using the base purse to one of those Miche Bags. Have you seen them where you change the top part and it uses magnets to attach to the bag inners. It has a nice handle. I am in Israel now till May 18 I have a bag like that at home. I’m going to check and see if it would work. I found that great granny purse online in a few places. It was strange the really colorful one was a lot more than the duller one. It looked like the same bag to me. I found it on a few web sites as I was trying to see more details. I don’t think I could even find one of those in Boise Idaho. Our purse budgets don’t get that fancy there. I love your blog.
@CheryllBaberSalzberg I think that sounds like a great idea to try. Would love to see photos of how it comes out when you get to that project. And thanks for the blog props. Appreciated!
I also love to go to thrift stores. I also look for purses with a good structure and handles. I do rug hooking too and I found such a purse and was able to take it a part and insert my hooking add sides to match and put it back together with the original purse inside which gave nice pickets and zippers . I think the purse may have cost $2.00. Now that’s what I’m talking about. Ha Ha Maybe we could issue a challenge for crochet to do something like this inspired by the lovely designer purses. Then everyone could share what they did and we could all learn from it.
@CheryllBaberSalzberg A CAL based on something like this would definitely be inspiring to see!
I did a little more research on etsy on crochet purses. I found one by the person whose store is called instincts. She is from Amsterdam. I loved the way she put a lining and zipper in her purses. I got some yarn today and I started one. It is just a veriagated yarn available here locally in Israel Cheap stuf) Ha Ha. I love the colors so I decided to give it a go. So I won’t be changing colors but I will do the sides and bottom in a solid. It wont be as great as our designer purse but it will be a fun project.