Two names,
one heart.
Dolce&Gabbana was founded in 1985 by Domenico Dolce, born in 1958 in Polizzi Generosa in Sicily, and Stefano Gabbana, born in 1962 in Milan. That year they showed their first women's collection in the New Talents section of Milan Fashion Week, and in March 1986 they presented Real Women, their first collection of their own. Sicily has been the house's most important source of style and inspiration ever since: the black lace and the leopard, the roses, the baroque and the warmth of the South, all made by hand in Italy.
The debut
The first women's collection, in the New Talents section of Milan Fashion Week.
Real Women
The first collection of their own, followed by the first Milan store.
Menswear
The first men's collection, and the first fragrances, Pour Homme and Pour Femme.
D&G
The younger line launches, later united with the main line in 2011.
Alta Moda
The first haute couture presentation, in Taormina, Sicily, in July.
Casa
The first home collection, previewed in Venice.
Beauty
Dolce&Gabbana Beauty is established in house.
Miami
From the Heart to the Hands opens at ICA Miami, after Milan, Paris and Rome.
