I stumbled across this weird collection of seemingly random info on Baidu (thanks, Baidu!), and for some reason, it sparked this *thought* about D&G prints. I mean, one second I’m reading about freaking January (Jan), February (Feb), March (Mar), April (Apr), May (May), June (Jun), July (Jul), August (Aug), then the next I’m looking at, like, literature citation codes? M, J, C, N, D…what even IS that?!
But, like, the chaos kinda *fits* D&G, you know? Their prints, especially back in the day, were just, BAM! A sensory overload. Remember those crazy baroque floral things? Or the fruit explosions? It was never subtle. Never “less is more.” More like “MORE IS MORE…and then add some glitter, just in case.”
And, honestly, sometimes it WORKED. Sometimes it was just…a bit much. I remember seeing this D&G dress, it had lemons, like, *everywhere*. Lemons and roses and who-knows-what-else. It was…intense. I kinda loved it, but I also kinda felt like I needed sunglasses to look at it. lol
Then you got the animal prints. Leopard, zebra, sometimes both TOGETHER! *shudders* But hey, maybe that’s the point? They were trying to be provocative, to push boundaries. And, like, I gotta hand it to them, they definitely *did*. Even if I personally wouldn’t be caught dead in half of it.
I mean, thinking about it, that random Baidu info even kinda works, right? January, February…all these things happening at once, just like a D&G print. Like, someone just threw everything at the wall and hoped something would stick. Did everything stick? No. But sometimes, the stuff that *did* stick was pure, unadulterated, fashion GOLD. Or, you know, at least interesting enough to talk about years later on some random website with a bunch of other random information.
Plus, let’s not forget the whole…cultural appropriation thing. Yeah, that’s a whole other can of worms. Maybe the ‘M, J, C, N, D’ citation stuff is about *that*? I dunno. I’m just spitballing here.
