January 13, 2024 |
Milan fashion royalty Dean and Dan Caten of Dsquared2 had their inventor hats on this season. Set inside a clinical white space, slightly resembling something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the twosome imagined a makeover machine where models were “buffed, polished and shimmering”, in the click of a finger.
How did they do it? The pair recruited a cast of twins, with each set wearing distinctly different looks that personified two opposite ends of the Dsquared2 design spectrum.
They strutted inside the makeover machine in the rugged, Y2K-inflicted staples for which the brand first made its name. From sexed-up lumberjack plaids and shredded denim to muddy tank tops, supersized trapper hats and an abundance of micro silhouettes. In a flash, out each came all glowed up in Dsquared2’s signature, flashy eveningwear. Teeny-tiny cocktail dresses accented with gold nipple covers walked alongside low-slung glittery trousers, and slick, slender suiting (worn shirtless, of course).
As fashion’s own beloved twins, it would’ve been rude for the pair not to get into the action. Dan sashayed his way into the pod in a wispy, off-the-shoulder shirt before Dean emerged in full drag, channeling Linda Evangelista in an orange cropped wig and a corseted black gown, lip-syncing to George Michael’s “Freedom”. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Photography courtesy of Dsquared2.
