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Dolce
and Gabbana Designer Handbags
Dolce and Gabbana are known for making "stars
look like stars". Their sexy styles are often to be seen
on the likes of Isabella Rossellini, Demi Moore, Nicole Kidman
and Madonna, for whom they created the now-famous "Kylie
Minogue" tribute T-shirt. They also created the costumes
for Madonna's Girlie Show in 1993, as well as Whitney Houston's
1999 tour. Dolce and Gabbana both in life and in business,
the pair met while working as assistants in an atelier in
Milan. Sharing a love of the baroque, they made their name
together in 1985, when the organisers of the Milano Collezioni
invited them to take part in a fashion show to launch "New
Talents". The following year, they presented their first
independent women's ready-to-wear show. Since then, they have
introduced menswear and a line of signature fragrances, and
opened shops in Italy, Japan, Hong Kong and, in 1999, in London.
Once dubbed the "Gilbert and George of Italian fashion",
Dolce and Gabbana gave their fashion interests a musical turn
in 1996, by recording their own single, in which they intoned
the words "D&G is love" over a techno beat.
Newer to the design game than other heavyweight Italian fashion
houses such as Versace and Armani, the pair acknowledge that
luck has played its part in their phenomenal success. By 1997,
their company reported a turnover of £400 million, prompting
both designers to announce that they planned to retire by
the age of 40 - a promise they happily did not keep. See All
products by Dolce & Gabbana.
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