The Lovely Strokes Part 2: Price Tags Explained

Okay, I found a bit more about what goes into these Dolce & Gabbana hand painted dresses I posted on earlier. I'd quoted a price tag of a few thousand pounds. Well, that was for the lower end of the range. The flouncy tulle-under-skirted gowns are just a wee bit more pricey. Try £19,260 for the likes of the one to the left (and double that for dollars).

How can that be? As reported by Grazia (my favourite UK fashion and news glossy), as a foundation we have Dolce & Gabbana's highly sought after top-notch curve-cutting skills coupled with an artful mastery of corsetry so impressive they've monopolised the genre.  These show-stopping dresses are created like works of art. Fabrics are stretched and hand painted then draped around that famous corset base and made into dresses.

Finally, the gowns are limited edition (the two words that will send a price skyrocketing) and every piece is labelled, like a collectable print. The style shown here is from an edition of 10. So again I ask, well worth the price then, ya?

Somehow a few thousand quid for the simpler versions seem like a bargain now. So there's your justification for you to go out and get one.