Dsquared2. Spring 2019 Men's - Milan (overview)

 

 (Images from Vogue.com and wwd.com the public domain.  All rights.  Used in promotion of the designer.)

I have never reviewed a Dsquared2 show before, the success of Dean and Dan Catenacci is undeniable which is testament to the amount of press they both receive.  That would equal enough fame and glory to last two lifetimes for any upcoming designer - who would be struggling to make a name for themselves within the business of fashion which is over inundated with too many clothing designers, fashion shows, students and the like.  But, maybe with not enough analytical observations and critique.

The brand Dsquared2 reworks sport/streetwear and ready-to-wear styles with degrees of originality and couture, but it holds more of a distinct branding than styling. 

The latest Dsquared2 collection caught my attention with their Spring 2019 men's show, only within the context and I have seen this before with other newer designers and (some older ones), is the morphing from fashion to costume design.  Which, in my opinion, all fashion designers should experiment with at different points in their careers, particularly when Hollywood has exhausted itself of creativity and ideas, with the gaining traction of on-line movie and show streaming (which at times can be very short lived i.e canceled shows) in the fast paced world of Netflix, Youtube Red, Amazon Prime.  Science fiction, speculative fiction and other fictional drama need creative ideas for costume and designer sets.  Specifically any creative scripts that look at futures, space and dystopia concepts for planned productions. 

Catenacci's Spring 2019 collection has maintained the 2017 and 2018 runway trends of militaristic, mountaineering and post dystopian industrial styles.  With tinges of 1980s glamor, which also was noted from my reviews, on many of the shows in the last two years.  But, once again, the mentioned styles that seem to be evolving into a present trend (at least on the runway) are popular culture ideas and the reality that our world is in a tipping point flux.  Much like a science fiction dystopic drama.  

Rugged industrial and military styles (John Mollo's re: Alien 1978 costume designer influences are very evident with this collection).  Built up cities, combat inspired and sex glamor of a world that has final collapsed into a dystopic existence.  The future has been dismantled and the past erased.  Humanity in a renewed perspective has to rebuild from their dependency on digital technologies to a more retrofitted vision of a future that never was.  To become one within the now.  Will we see tomorrow?  

But, this ain't no movie or script, as it may have already happened.