Madonna Plays Italian Housewife in New Dolce & Gabbana Ad Campaign

Don't cry for me... Madonna peeling onions in new Dolce & Gabbana S/S 2010 ad. Photo courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana

Madonna, the queen of reinvention, is refashioning herself once again for the Spring/Summer 2010 Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign. The theme: sexy Italian housewife.

The smoldering black and white ads -- shot by famed fashion photographer Steven Klein in New York -- capture the 51-year-old Material Girl in the act of domestic chores like washing dishes and peeling onions while dressed to the nines in signature Dolce & Gabbana: corseted waists, lots of cleavage, leopard printand the same hip-hugging floral silk skirt that Rachel McAdams dons on Vogue's January cover.

Doing Dishes has never looked this seductive. Photo courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana

The usually lean and mean star -- who was replaced by Lara Stone in the Spring/Summer 2010 Louis Vuitton ads -- is even seen (gasp) eating carbs in the form of a big bowl of spaghetti. She also looks a tad fuller than we're used to, but that could just be camera work and push-up bras.

Hmmm... we wonder if Kate Moss and Karl Lagerfeld would approve.

The images, which will be published in Italian Vanity Fair this week, seem a far cry from Madonna's luxe reality, which is probably the point.

Madge caught in the act of carb loading for Dolce & Gabbana's new ad campaign. Photo courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana

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