Floral embroideries and bright colors dominate the runway of the Alta Moda 2014 collection.[Photo provided to China Daily]

The show presented a total of 80 looks featuring tiny waists, floral embroideries and Sicilian lace. The sophisticated tweed daywear dresses paired with beaded sandals in bright hues, sensual high-waist beach shorts or two-piece jewel-embellished swimsuits with lush fur coats and boots.

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Russia and China are emerging markets for the haute-couture business. "Our Alta Moda clients are capable of going to the seaside with a fur cape thrown on top of a bathing suit or leave Capri to be in Moscow by night," says Gabbana.

"China is a new market for us, and we are starting to get to know the ladies there better, what they want, what they like. But I believe they are the same as our clients everywhere - young, beautiful, businesswomen or philanthropists and travel internationally," says Gabbana, adding that they would like to enhance their presence in China.

After the half-hour show, guests moved to dinner, and fireworks started to explode in the sky.

Kissed by the soft breeze, all the guests left the dining tables to dance on the shore to a popular Neapolitan song, The Soldier in Love.

The music and the fireworks have lingered in my mind, as has a line written by Dolce and Gabbana in a little blue book given as a gift to all the guests: "Capri is a magical, romantic island that puts women at the center of the universe and shows men where love resides."