Dolce & Gabbana - The history

Dolce & Gabbana - The history 

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Dolce and Gabbana is a luxury Italian fashion house founded in 1985 in Milan Italy by Italian designers Domenico Dolce (Sicily 1958)and Stefano Gabbana(Milan 1962). The two designers met in 1980 and designed for the same fashion house where Gabbana became a mentor of such to Dolce. In 1982 they launched a designer consulting together, it then grew to eventually become what we know as Dolce and Gabbana. D&G’s first womenswear collection occurred in 1985 at Milan fashion week. The two designers were known as "the boys" as they were still very young, this collection was heavy on black lace and was a 'Sicilian Window' look. A year later their first store opened in Milan. The brand then started to export designs to the United States where they founded their own showroom in 1990. In 1992 they launched their first menswear collection and launched their first perfume. They won the Woolmark Award in 1991 and The Perfume’s Academy “most feminine flavour of the year in 1993 for their fragrance Dolce & Gabbana Parfum. In the early 1990's the brand was selected by pop star Madonna as her costume designers for her 'Girlie' world tour, here she wore numerous of their designs throughout the tour and she also wore now of their jewel-encrusted corsets to the Cannes Film Festival. Throughout the 90's the duo were famous for their feminine, colourful garments, which stood in stark contrast to the wave of minimalism that was sweeping across fashion at the time. some of their signature designs and trademarks included 'underwear as outerwear', animal prints and taking inspiration from 'real women' - for several seasons, runways and campaigns. By the end of the 1990’s the company revenues were around 500 million US dollars and in 2003 their revenues reached 633 million Us dollars. The couple stated they would retire by the age of 40 however that was a promise they happily didn't keep. Dolce and Gabbana were happily in a relationship however their relationship ended in 2005 but they continue to carry on the company as friends. However this company has not been without its issue in June 2013 D&G were charged and convicted of tax evasion, however the duo successfully overturned their conviction and were pronounced innocent in October 2014. 
Dolce & Gabbana was founded in 1985 by designers Domenico Dolce& Stefano Gabbana in Milan. Five years before the launch of the legendary Italian label, the two designers met in a workshop in Venice where they joined creative forces. In 1986, the duo presented their first women's collection during Milan Fashion Week. Success was imminent, and very quickly, the designers saw the opportunity to diversify their collections, and the launch of their first men's collection followed in 1990, followed by diffusion line D&G in 1994. In 1991, the fashion house earned international attention when Madonna was spotted on the red carpet during the Cannes Film Festival in one of their looks. In early 2000, Dolce & Gabbana launched their first line of leather shoes, followed by a luxurious line of watches, D&G Time, beachwear and lingerie collections. In 2001, the house diversified to include a line of children’s fashion. Over the years, the Italian fashion brand has collaborated with other industries, notably the automotive industry with their partnering with French company Citroën, followed by the launch of the Gold cocktail bar and restaurant in 2006 in Milan. Dolce & Gabbana continues to create a world rooted in the label's native culture, presenting Sicilian and Mediterranean inspired collections. With la dolce vita and Italian life at the fore, the work of Italian film directors Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti provides inspiration for the fashion house's vision of a sensual and authentic woman in its advertising, through Isabella Rosselini and Madonna, to Monica Belluci, who featured in the Spring/Summer 2012 campaign