With Brazilian marble, mirrored ceilings, fur-lined walls and sculptural taps shaped like Italian hand gestures, Regina d’Italia brings a highly personal, meticulously crafted design language to the water. Now for sale at €54 million, the 65-metre superyacht opened her doors to journalists for the first time during the Monaco Yacht Show.
Regina d’Italia made her official market debut in Monaco after six years as the private retreat of fashion designer Stefano Gabbana. Now listed for €54 million with Ocean Independence, the 65-metre Codecasa-built superyacht offered rare access to her interiors — and revealed herself to be a remarkable composition of craft, control and understated glamour.
Designed in close collaboration with Milan-based M2 Atelier, the yacht is an extension of Gabbana’s design instinct: bold in concept, but executed with restraint. This is not a floating boutique. Instead, it is a refined, deeply personal expression of materiality and form, rooted in the belief that “simple is more than enough”.
The immersive palette of couture interiors
From the moment you step aboard, Regina d’Italia signals her commitment to tactile experience. Walls are lined in faux-fur, a choice that both softens and insulates the interior. The ceilings are mirrored throughout — from guest suites to the main salon — drawing light and reflection in constantly shifting ways, like ripples on open water.
Brazilian marble is used extensively, but never ornamentally. The same stone seen in fine jewellery weaves its way from lower-deck bathrooms to upper-level stairwells, its tone deepening as you ascend.
In the owner’s suite, floor-to-ceiling slabs create a calming rhythm across twin bathrooms and vanities. The result is immersive and atmospheric, but never overwrought.
Regina d’Italia also plays with pattern. The bar and guest cabin headboards are inlaid with custom-made, copyright-protected coral motifs, a recurring visual thread that references both Italian coastal tradition and Dolce & Gabbana’s signature Sicilian baroque.
These motifs reappear as sculptural accents across surfaces and accessories, adding cohesion to the broader visual story.
Space designed to be experienced
The main salon is a study in deliberate contrast. A central U-shaped sofa anchors the space, flanked by linear lounges, with a Fornasetti dining table and throne-like chairs commanding the dining area.
Telescopic lighting and the mirrored ceiling amplify the room’s sense of verticality, while concealed storage within almost every furniture element maintains the clean, curated layout.
Upstairs, the gym is encased in a blue-domed glass enclosure with mirrored walls and a full Technogym suite. It opens directly onto the mosaic-tiled infinity pool, which is surrounded by eight sun loungers, transitioning by night into an open-air lounge surrounded by ambient lighting.
Each guest suite is treated as its own private chamber. Themed around different Italian hand gestures, they feature bronze sculptural taps, handles and inlays, created in collaboration with Italian artisans. The design is tactile, playful and unmistakably rooted in Gabbana’s identity.
A disciplined design vision
Despite its visual impact, the design never tips into opulence for its own sake. The use of fur, mirrored surfaces, and custom corals could easily have resulted in excess, but here, every material is chosen for both effect and emotion.
Storage solutions are integrated throughout: drawers hidden behind fabric panels, closets finished in velvet and astrakhan, lighting embedded in architectural seams. In the owner’s suite, two full dressing rooms are lined with silk, echoing couture ateliers rather than typical yacht interiors.
A serious yacht with substance
At 1,300 GT, Regina d’Italia is engineered as much for performance as presence. Twin Caterpillar engines deliver a top speed of 18.5 knots, with a 4,300-nautical-mile range at 13 knots. Built on the Codecasa 65 platform, she brings proven seakeeping to her cinematic design.
There is no doubt that Regina d’Italia is a collector’s piece, a singular vision shaped by one of Italy’s most influential design voices.
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All photos courtesy of Ocean Independence