This is really a "Campaign Watch" article, but I couldn't resist the temptation.. Madonna doing dishes is just too good of an opportunity to pass up. The queen of re-invention is once again the star of a major fashion campaign for Spring 2010 as she works the kitchen for Dolce & Gabbana.
Madonna was just the face of Louis Vuitton, not for one, but two consecutive seasons. Marc Jacobs was over the moon to have Madonna star in the campaigns back to back. They were photographed together at parties, Madonna attended Marc's Spring fashion show, - clearly fashion friends. THEN, Madonna posed for Dolce. Friendship over. Marc was quoted as saying that he doesn't want Madonna at his Fall 2010 fashion show - and that she was never invited to the last show. The designer said she called and said she was coming - so what could he do? What could he do? How about not have her star in the campaign of the French fashion house you have creative control over? Anyway, back to the Dolce Ads.
Madonna looks beautiful as she channels Sophia Loren in an homage to Sicilian cinema in Dolce & Gabbana's Spring campaign. There is a sensuality and passion in the pictures that capture the era of the great Italian cinema of the 50's. Cleavage and Pasta -now THATS Italian! Like Cher, Madonna has continued to "Turn Back Time" year after year. The latest images give her an other - worldly glow of youth and vitality.
Bravo D&G, you obviously got the attention of the fashion crowd - or at least of one fashion designer! Bravo too to Madonna. In a year when Lady GaGa has stolen her thunder from even the most die-hard fans, Madonna remains current in fashion mags around the world with this main line campaign.