| Dolce & Gabbana and Mytheresa unveiled the second chapter of their Holiday 2026 capsule on Wednesday. The partnership has produced more than 10 exclusive collections since 2017. The womenswear offer includes dresses, gowns, skirts, handbags, jewellery and footwear. Paola Manes fronts the launch editorial photographed by Lukasz Pukowiec. |
Dolce & Gabbana and Mytheresa are returning to a familiar formula for Holiday 2026, but the latest capsule shows how the relationship has become more structured over time. What began as an early exclusive project in 2017 has developed into a recurring partnership, with the retailer and the Italian house now having created more than 10 collections together.
The new release is designed around festive dressing, with a focus on womenswear that ranges from compact evening silhouettes to longer formal pieces. The selection includes sculptural minidresses, floor-length gowns and full evening skirts, alongside a pajama-style trouser suit and a sheer chiffon gown with voluminous sleeves.
Metallic finishes, star motifs and sequins appear throughout the collection, giving the pieces a clear seasonal identity without changing the house’s established visual language. The approach is recognisable for existing Dolce & Gabbana customers, but specific enough to distinguish the capsule from the main seasonal offer.
Accessories extend the same idea. Structured handbags and small clutches sit alongside chokers, earrings, strappy sandals and embellished stilettos. Several pieces repeat the star motif used in the clothing, creating a consistent link between the different product categories.
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For Mytheresa, the project also reflects the logic behind long-term luxury partnerships. Chief executive Francis Belin said the retailer has continued working with Dolce & Gabbana because the house offers a strong creative identity that can be translated into exclusive products for a particular setting or period.
Belin also pointed to the label’s Italian character, craftsmanship and recognisable design codes as qualities that continue to appeal to Mytheresa customers. His comments suggest that exclusivity works best when it builds on elements shoppers already associate with a brand rather than introducing an unrelated concept.
Stefano Cantino, co-chief executive of Dolce & Gabbana, described the relationship in similarly practical terms. His comments emphasised the division of roles between the two companies. Dolce & Gabbana supplies the creative identity, while Mytheresa contributes customer knowledge, international reach and a tightly edited retail environment.
That balance helps explain why the collaboration has lasted beyond a single seasonal exercise. Both companies appear to view exclusivity not simply as a limited product strategy, but as a way of addressing an established luxury customer with more specific choices.
The commercial interest lies in that restraint. Exclusive capsules can give multi-brand retailers a point of difference while allowing fashion houses to work within familiar signatures. Here, the emphasis is less on novelty for its own sake than on editing existing Dolce & Gabbana ideas for a specific buying moment.
The result is aimed at customers looking for formal holiday pieces with recognisable brand details, rather than a separate aesthetic that sits outside the main collection.
The Holiday 2026 chapter follows a Casa Cipriani event in New York last November, which marked the start of this newer phase of the partnership. Mytheresa now appears to be extending the collaboration beyond summer-focused projects and into year-end occasion dressing, while leaving room for future work across menswear, childrenswear and home.
The capsule launched with an editorial featuring model Paola Manes, photographed by Lukasz Pukowiec. For shoppers, the main point is straightforward: this is not a broad reinvention of Dolce & Gabbana, but a carefully edited exclusive for customers who already understand the brand and want something more limited for the holiday season.