History of dolce &gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana

Mediterranean culture, tradition and unbounded creativity, added to glamour and versatility make Dolce & Gabbana one of the best-known labels in the world. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have made a name for themselves with their sensual designs and unique style. The two designers have learnt to construe and impress their ideas. Hoards of young aspiring designers draw inspiration from them and fashion trendy people love to dress in their clothes. They’re also extremely popular with the A-list celebrity circles and have dressed numerous Hollywood stars and rock stars - Madonna, Monica Bellucci, Isabella Rossellini, Kylie Minogue and Angelina Jolie, to name a few.

Dolce & Gabbana take equal care in up both men and women. The typical Dolce & Gabbana woman the woman of today – strong and daring. And the same is true for the men’s line as well. This line is for the man who is comfortable with himself and his body, the kind of man who pays attention to his clothes.

Dolce & Gabbana , D&G and D&G junior

The Dolce & Gabbana Group has three brands - Dolce & Gabbana , D&G and D&G junior. The two founders have been the main designers and have moulded both lines on their style. They also pay attention to all facets of the business including growth strategies, whose main objectives and development.

The Dolce & Gabbana label doesn’t come cheap and is for the top end of the market. It covers a whole range of products including creation, production and distribution of clothing, knitwear, leather goods, footwear and accessories for the top end of the market. D&G and Dolce & Gabbana are inspired by the street, contemporary music and everyday life. It is a personal style free from the constraints of pre-conceived notions and formats.


Highlights

October 1985 Dolce & Gabbana make their debut in the New Talents section of the Milano Collezioni show

March 1986 First in-house collection presented at the Real Women show.August 1987 First showroom opened in Milan (Via Santa Cecilia).

April 1989 Dolce & Gabbana go international with its first women's wear fashion show in Tokyo.
January 1990 Dolce & Gabbana go male. First men’s wear collection launched.

April 1990 Dolce & Gabbana conquers American hearts in New York, followed by the opening of their first international showroom in New York in November of the same year

October 1992 Launch of their first in-house woman’s fragrance Parfum

May 1993 Second showroom in Milan open

September 1993 Dolce & Gabbana an amazing designs 1500 costumes for Madonna’s World Tour.
January 1994 Launch of D&G Dolce & Gabbana label.

February 1994 Opening of third Milan boutique

November 1994 Dolce & Gabbana men’s fragrance launched.

March 1996 Ten years of Dolce & Gabbana published to celebrate the label’s tenth anniversary.

June 1996 Launch of single CD D&G Music

September 1997 Two boutiques, Dolce & Gabbana and D&G, opened in New York.

December 1997 Second book on the label published. Dolce & Gabbana Wildness contains pictures of the animal print collection.

March 1998 Fourth showroom opened in New York.

May 1998 D&G Eyewear collection launched.

June 1999 Dolce & Gabbana design’s clothes and accessories for diva Whitney Houston’s World Tour.

September 1999 Exclusive men’s boutique opened in Milan.

February 2000 D&G watch collection launched in Europe.

March 2000 Underwear collection launched.

January 2001 D&G Dolce & Gabbana kids collection started.

May 2001 Sponsor a charity fashion show for the Children’s Action Network.

April 2002 Designs clothes for Kylie Minogue’s European Tour

March 2004 Dolce & Gabbana goes to Spain. First boutique opened.

International Accolades

1991 June The Woolmark Award for the most innovative Men's collection of the year.

1993 May "Dolce & Gabbana Parfum" awarded the international prize of the Perfume Academy as the best feminine fragrance of the year

1995 April "Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme" awarded the international prize of the Perfume Academy as the best masculine fragrance, best packaging and best communication of the year.

1996 May For the first time the French "Oscar des Parfums" Award is given to an Italian fragrance, "Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme".

1996 September Dolce & Gabbana are voted "Designer of the Year" by the readers of Britain’s FHM magazine.

1997 October For the second year running, the readers of FHM magazine vote Dolce & Gabbana "Designer of the Year".

1997 December Dolce & Gabbana awarded footwear designer of the year by the American magazine "Footwear News".

1999 May Recipients of the "Style Award" assigned by Russian Harper's Bazaar.

2001 October The Spanish magazine Telva chooses Dolce & Gabbana for its T de Telva best international stylists Award.

2003 October Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are honored in New York as Best Designer of the Year at the prestigious GQ Men of the Year Awards for outstanding achievement in men’s fashion designs.

2003 October Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are honored in New York at the Fashion Group International's 20th Annual Night of Stars for outstanding achievement in Italian design.

2004 February The readers of British Elle vote Dolce & Gabbana “Best International Designers” in the 2004 edition of the Elle Style Awards

2004 March Recipients of the German ‘Leadaward 2004’, the most important advertising prize in German speaking countries, assigned for the Fall/Winter 2003/04 advertising campaign