Milan is the home of Dolce&Gabbana, though Sicily is their heart. The city boasts four boutiques and each of them represents not only a different part ofDolce&Gabbana during the year, but also different facets of Italian culture atChristmas time.
The beautiful displays that adorn the Spiga 2 store with the names of Saints, in lights, well Saint Stephen and Saint Domenico in this case, recall those garish decorations from our favourite shopping streets.
In Via Spiga 26, the womenswear store, bountiful tables laden with sweets and fruit remind us of a Christmas feast, while the cosy corners with velvety accessories and baroque tables feel like a decorated Christmas drawing room.
In Corso Venezia 15, the menswear store continues with the table display tradition, mixing traditional Milanese dishes like Panettone with Sicilian delicacies.
In Corso Venezia 7, the children’s and concept store, the windows are decorated with a 18th century Nativity Scene, full of different characters and representing many typical scenes and trades from the era. The Nativity Scene has a definite Christian connotation, perhaps the most Christian of all Christmas traditions, but in my family for example it’s also about togetherness. Us cousins all get together and build a large Presepe, and catch up with gossip and just generally bond over this moment, which takes a whole afternoon.
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