Dondup "EXHIBITIONIST"

ESIBIZIONISTAis the new Dondup collection designed by Achille Lauro, presented during the Milan Fashion Week in September 2026. Following his debut with the EROTICA capsule, presented last June, the creative director continues his journey within the Italian fashion house, starting from one of the brand's most recognizable codes: denim.

The goal is not simply to reinterpret jeans, but to rethink denim as the central element of an entire wardrobe. In ESIBIZIONISTA, Dondup's signature fabric meets tailoring, corsetry, workwear, knitwear, and nightwear, bringing to life a collection that spans different occasions and moments of the day.

The result is a new interpretation of the Dondup identity, where denim retains its original character but takes on more sophisticated, sensual, and contemporary forms.

To reinterpret Dondup, Achille Lauro chose to start from the brand's archive and history, retrieving some of its distinctive elements and translating them through his own creative language.

Denim therefore remains the starting point, along with certain historical codes such as the Dondup Red, the logo, and the characteristic tribal motif. These elements are not simply proposed again, but transformed and inserted into a new aesthetic.

It is precisely this dialogue between the past and the contemporary that defines the project: knowing the origins in order to reinterpret them.

Lauro's vision thus brings a language linked to music, performance, and theatricality into Dondup, without sacrificing the research into materials, proportions, and garment construction.

The heart of Dondup ESIBIZIONISTAis denim, but its interpretation is much broader than traditional jeans.

The washes range from ice blue to indigo, all the way to deeper blues and midnight blue, following a chromatic evolution that ideally accompanies the woman from day to evening.

Denim is used to construct jeans, skirts, jackets, dresses, bustiers, corsets, and form-fitting silhouettes, while the stitching and garment construction become tools to enhance and define the body.

Alongside more casual shapes, sartorial, tailoring, and workwear elements appear, creating a versatile wardrobe in which denim can be interpreted in different ways.

The collection thus demonstrates how jeans can transcend the casual dimension to become a sophisticated and contemporary element of the female wardrobe.

The name EXHIBITIONISTsummarizes the vision of the woman imagined by Achille Lauro: a woman who consciously chooses how to present herself and uses fashion as a form of personal expression.

The collection's sensuality comes through in its silhouettes, proportions, and details, alternating between relaxed volumes and form-fitting garments, corsetry, and transparency.

Completing the collection's language is the return of the Dondup tribal logo, recovered from the archives and transformed into a new graphic code. The motif is reinterpreted on buttons, jewelry, knitwear, lace, devoré, and jacquard, becoming one of the identifying elements of this new creative chapter.

Another of the most interesting innovations is the introduction of nightwear: satin, lingerie, robes, and pajamas reinterpret the chromatic imagery of denim, bringing the Dondup aesthetic into the nighttime dimension as well.

With ESIBIZIONISTA, Dondup opens a new phase in its creative journey. Achille Lauro starts from the brand's historic codes and transforms them through denim, tailoring, sensuality, and the blending of fashion, music, and performance.

The collection tells the story of a contemporary woman who does not interpret denim according to a single rule, but uses it to build different looks: from daytime to evening, from workwear to lingerie, from more relaxed silhouettes to more sensual garments.

The new Dondup ESIBIZIONISTA collectionwill also be available at Divo Boutique, both in-store and online, with a selection dedicated to the new aesthetic codes introduced by Achille Lauro.

Discover the new Dondup ESIBIZIONISTA universe at Divo Boutique and let yourself be inspired by the new interpretation of denim signed by Achille Lauro.