Fashion house Dolce and Gabbana sold $5.7 million worth of NFT merchandise that included both real and digital files of luxury clothes and jewelry. The Collezione Genesi collection designed by Italian fashion icons Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana pushed their brand to feature the new digital addition. The nine-piece collection featured two versions of the designs which were auctioned off using NFTs and were designed exclusively for NFT seller UNXD. NFTs, also known as non-fungible tokens, are units of data ownership of the original version digital materials such as art, music and movies. The most valuable piece sold at the auction included a Glass Suit that sold for $1,199,916.01 at the online auction and 351.384 in ETH, according to the UNXD site. It was bought by London-based e-commerce firm Boson Protocol. Boson Protocol now owns the original digital file showing an electronic video of the suit. The firm, co-founded by Justin Banon and Greg Borosa, also has a year to select a staffer to get measured for a real-life version of the suit. It is woven with 72 embroidered glasswork with both Murano glass and Swarovski crystal in a multitude of different designs and the base contains 100% SE Silk. Fashion house Dolce and Gabbana released a new collection featuring both digital and physical merchandise that were auctioned of using NFTs (non-fungible tokens) as currency. The glass suit (above) was one of the designs featured that sold for $1 million. This gold 'Dress from a Dream' was sold for $767,261.04, to an NFT collector called Pranksy. It exists both as an NFT and in physical form A silver version of the 'Dress for a Dream' sold for $641,113, or 225.5 ETH. It was bought by an anonymous bidder calling themselves Purplesq Explaining the lavish purchase on a Medium blog, Boson Protocol said they hoped to drive interest in their 'flagship metaverse commerce experience' which will be launched in a virtual world called Decentraland in November. That will also feature NFT drops by other top fashion designers. ETH, or ether, represents the brand of cryptocurrency that bidders at the auction can use to pay for digital products, with one ETH currently worth around $3,350. The creation of the green glass suit was inspired by the fusion of two different concepts The first was the legacy of the Murano glass heritage that is a major part of the Venetian culture and the second represented celebration and hints of festivity. Digital and physical copies were also made available for a a gold and a silver dress that were coined the Dress from a Dream. The gold dress was sold for $767,261.04, equivalent to 225.5 ETH by an anonymous NFT investor called Pranksy. The silver dress sold at $641,113.52 or 188.1 ETH, and was bought by another anonymous user calling themselves Purplesq. The physical Dress from a Dream collection also was created using 100% SE silk, metal bones and cotton tulle for the corset, and of course Murano glass and Swarovski crystal. The 'crowning' jewel of the auction however came in a trio of both crowns and tiaras with two being physical items and the other being digital. The two physical crowns sold were The Lion Crown that was sold for $997,923.38 and for 292.82 ETH with The Doge Crown selling for $1,443,277.61 and for 423.5 ETH. The Lion Crown was designed to resemble the symbol of the Lion of Venice which has been featured in architecture around the city. The Doge Crown was also designed with the idea of the iconic city symbol The Doge's Palace and the nearby clock tower in the Piazza San Marco. The digital entry called The Impossible Tiara was designed with the idea that it was a piece of fictional royalty that only existed in the imagination. The Impossible Tiara was sold for $340,779.60 and also for 99.9 ETH, even though no physical copy of it was offered for sale. Other digital items included three kinds of jackets including The Velvet Impossible, The Mosaic Impossible and The Golden Impossible. All the jackets were yet again designed with the concept of being something that could only be created by the imagination. The Velvet Impossible Jacket sold for $365,566.82 and for 107.1794 ETH, The Mosaic Impossible sold for $332,333.48 and for 97.4359 ETH with The Golden Impossible selling at $340, 738.16 and for 99.9 ETH. NFTs represent a brand of cryptocurrency that can digitally purchase merchandise using ethers (ETH). The Impossible Tiara (above) was designed for digital use for 99.9 ETH. Its buyer will not receive a physical copy of the jewelry Italian designers Stefano Gabbana (left) and Domenico Dolce (right) were one of the first to introduce NFT merchandise into their fashion collection Dolce and Gabbana were one of the first luxury fashion houses to introduce the NFT concept to their brand as others have begun following in their footsteps. The concept was introduced by the pair before their Alta Moda show in Venice on August 29th. Other brands such as Gucci, Burberry, and Louis Voutton have introduced NFTs in their upcoming collections. The pieces in the collection include a variety of different clothing and jewelry items. The gold Dress from a Dream was sold for $767,261.04, or 225.5 ETH The Doge Crown sold $1443,277.61, equivalent to 423.5 ETH All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility