Dean and Dan Caten bring a bold and sensual theatrical show to the stage with the Dsquared2 Spring-Summer 2025 collection. Titled "Heat", this show reveals and challenges the hypocrisies of bourgeois fashion, highlighting its sexiest and most provocative aspects.
The word "Heat" represents not only physical heat, but also the concept of "Hot", synonymous with sensuality and provocation. The collection is a tribute to limitless creativity, manifested through elements of delicate bondage, chiffon and sheer voile, in both black and pastel shades. Dean and Dan Caten describe the show as a display of the intrinsic spectacularity of the human being, brought to the stage at the Teatro Lirico, now named after Giorgio Gaber.
Latex, leather, graphic effects and transparencies are the tools with which Dsquared2 builds a natural and non-artificial sensuality. The collection explores the sensuality of sport, as expressed on the playing fields and in the changing rooms, without slipping into the morbid or the prudent hiding behind social conventions.
An example of this audacity is the rockstar jacket with deep necklines that leave the torso bare, combined with bondage-effect jeans, or the leather jackets with metal zips over transparent chiffon shirts. These garments seem to challenge the imagery of hard and pure masculinity, also recalling the fetish aesthetic of Tom of Finland.
In an era where fashion often avoids showing all the consequences of its visions, Dsquared2 doesn't hide and mixes everything up, just like life does. Studded leather harnesses are placed under double-breasted tailored jackets, suggesting that even the most traditional managers could lead lives very different from those imposed by their bourgeois roles.
The collection reveals the fictions of fashion and everyday life. The tulle shirts with sequin embroidery are combined with jeans, while the fiber bebardeurs are paired with trousers with pleats and leather shorts closed with corset strings. Even jeans are covered in metal chains set with crystals, creating a spectacular effect.
Dsquared2 SS25 is a celebration of creative freedom and uncompromising sensuality. Dean and Dan Caten offer a collection that not only reveals, but also challenges the conventions of bourgeois fashion, proposing a show that combines fashion, theater and real life in an explosive and unforgettable mix.