- Dolce & Gabbana is an italian luxury fashion house, which was established in 1985 by Dominico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The two met in Milan in 1980 and worked for the same fashion house. In 1982 they established a designer consulting studio; in time it grew to become “Dolce & Gabbana”.
- Their first collection was mainly homemade, and consisted of instructed designs and complicated systems of fastenings. Inspirational figures for the collection included Italian actresses Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani.
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Later signature designs would include corset dresses, gangster pinstripes and sexy black suits. However, it was a visit to Sicily at the end of the 1980s which was instrumental in emphasizing their celebration of the curvaceous female form.They have now become one of the world’s most successful ready-to-wear companies and are considered Hollywood’s number one choice of designer.
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