Dolce & Gabbana Event – A Tribute to The Leopard

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Dolce & Gabbana Event in Palma di Montechiaro – A Tribute to The Leopard

Dolce & Gabbana Event in Palma di Montechiaro – A Tribute to The Leopard

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Why does Dolce and Gabbana choose Palma di Montechiaro?
The city of Tomasi, the land of the Leopard.

The famous Dolce & Gabbana event took place in Palma di Montechiaro, Sicily, to present their 2020 Alta Gioielleria collection – a celebration of beauty, history, and Sicilian soul.

Why Palma di Montechiaro?

Because this is the land of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of The Leopard, one of the most iconic novels in Italian literature. A tale of transformation, decadence, and love during the Risorgimento, The Leopard is deeply connected to this land – the very one chosen by Dolce & Gabbana to stage an unforgettable night of luxury.

From the terraces of ancient monasteries to the vibrant piazzas echoing with choral music, the town was transformed into a theatrical stage. Locals watched from balconies as guests walked under cascades of rose petals. The final piazza, opening onto the Mediterranean Sea, hosted the jewelry display beneath ancient fig trees. Necklaces and bracelets gleamed with emeralds, rubies, and diamonds, shaped like snakes, geckos, and fantastical creatures.

As residents threw rose petals from the balconies above, at the end of the street we hit another piazza, this one much bigger than the last, from one end of which was a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean. Within it, beneath some sprawlingly ancient fig trees, were the vitrines containing this season’s jewelry collection. These featured knuckle-size diamonds, olive-size emeralds, and bullet-like rubies all set into bracelets and necklaces of gold and silver made to resemble entwined geckos and snakes and other plutocratic playthings.

During the night, Silvya Mantella announced she would donate her 2017 gown – hand-painted with two leopards and inspired by The Leopard – to Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, the historical location where much of Visconti’s film adaptation was shot.

Princess Carine Vanni Calvello Mantegna di Gangi received the gown with emotion, followed by a family speech by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, heir of the Lampedusa legacy. Upstairs, the original manuscript of The Leopard was displayed, and the dinner began with the novel’s famous “leopard timbale” – a richly layered macaroni pie.

And what about us?

Well... we were there, of course – documenting every emotion, every sparkle, every rose petal. But the rest of the story?
That’s for our Instagram Stories and our official page.

Follow us to relive the magic of this Dolce & Gabbana event in Sicily.

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Official Site https://www.dolcegabbana.it/

dolce-e-gabbana-11 — The stilist choose Palma di Montechiaro to present the new 2020 collection of Alta Gioielleria jewelry
Why does Dolce and Gabbana choose Palma di Montechiaro?
The city of Tomasi, the land of the Leopard.

The famous Dolce & Gabbana event took place in Palma di Montechiaro, Sicily, to present their 2020 Alta Gioielleria collection – a celebration of beauty, history, and Sicilian soul.

Why Palma di Montechiaro?

Because this is the land of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of The Leopard, one of the most iconic novels in Italian literature. A tale of transformation, decadence, and love during the Risorgimento, The Leopard is deeply connected to this land – the very one chosen by Dolce & Gabbana to stage an unforgettable night of luxury.

From the terraces of ancient monasteries to the vibrant piazzas echoing with choral music, the town was transformed into a theatrical stage. Locals watched from balconies as guests walked under cascades of rose petals. The final piazza, opening onto the Mediterranean Sea, hosted the jewelry display beneath ancient fig trees. Necklaces and bracelets gleamed with emeralds, rubies, and diamonds, shaped like snakes, geckos, and fantastical creatures.

As residents threw rose petals from the balconies above, at the end of the street we hit another piazza, this one much bigger than the last, from one end of which was a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean. Within it, beneath some sprawlingly ancient fig trees, were the vitrines containing this season’s jewelry collection. These featured knuckle-size diamonds, olive-size emeralds, and bullet-like rubies all set into bracelets and necklaces of gold and silver made to resemble entwined geckos and snakes and other plutocratic playthings.

During the night, Silvya Mantella announced she would donate her 2017 gown – hand-painted with two leopards and inspired by The Leopard – to Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, the historical location where much of Visconti’s film adaptation was shot.

Princess Carine Vanni Calvello Mantegna di Gangi received the gown with emotion, followed by a family speech by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, heir of the Lampedusa legacy. Upstairs, the original manuscript of The Leopard was displayed, and the dinner began with the novel’s famous “leopard timbale” – a richly layered macaroni pie.

And what about us?

Well... we were there, of course – documenting every emotion, every sparkle, every rose petal. But the rest of the story?
That’s for our Instagram Stories and our official page.

Follow us to relive the magic of this Dolce & Gabbana event in Sicily.

Read More
Official Site https://www.dolcegabbana.it/

2019 July 10
EN / Taormina

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