Naples in July—Vogue’s Hamish Bowles Attends Dolce & Gabbana’s Marathon Couture Shows Inline

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    Lauren Santo Domingo wears Dolce & Gabbana at the house’s Alta Moda show in Naples.

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    A young Neapolitan is transfixed by a Dolce & Gabbana haute couture archbishop.

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    A voluptuous gold dress channels early Sophia Loren.

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    A Mitoraj Icarus fallen in the ruins of Pompeii.

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    Derek Blasberg, Coco Brandolini, and Lauren Santo Domingo dwarfed by the 1825 ballroom of the Capodimonte Museum.

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    Francois Gerard’s portrait of Maria Amalia of Orleans and her son the Duke of Chartres at the Capodimonte Museum.

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    Ebaa Alawaji and Anh Duong in full Dolce & Gabbana at the Rari Nantes Club.

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    Yours truly at the Castel dell’Ovo, with performers costumed in early-18th-century dress.

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    Yours truly with the fearsome guards at the Castel dell’Ovo.

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    A family group at the Castel dell’Ovo.

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    Fireworks over the bay of Naples and some Alta Sartoria James Bond–themed lovelies.

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    Yours truly had his eye on this lilac flowered suit from Dolce & Gabbana Alta Sartoria.

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    Heading to Capri in the Riva.

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    Heading to lunch at La Fontelina.

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    A mise-en-scène of an earlier Dolce & Gabbala Alta Moda collectsion, arranged in the Villa Pignatelli.

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    Anh Duong and Tabitha Simmons at the Bagno Elena, in full Dolce & Gabbana.

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    Fireworks and festive colored lights at the Mambo Italiano party at the Bagno Elena.