Fashion names don't come much bigger than the Italian powerhouse of Dolce & Gabbana. But before this name was that name, it was just two names (if you follow) and they were the names of two Italian wannabe designers: Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The pair met while working as assistants in a studio in Milan, and it wasn't long before they quickly discovered a shared love for the baroque and working together. They started their label in 1982, but it wasn't until 1985 that the struggle for recognition paid off. It was an invitation to the Milano Colleziono Fashion Show, a showcase for new talents that boosted their profiles and their confidence, so much so that the following year saw their first independent women's ready-to-wear show, dubbed â€Real Woman.†It's been a meteoric rise since then, and among the keys to their success has been D&G trademark features and styles. They like underwear-as-outerwear: putting corsets and bra fastenings on the outside. They like gangster-boss style pinstripe suits that Al Capone might have favored, plushly printed and embroidered coats and more than just a sprinkling of black. The main secret to their success (if you can call common knowledge a secret) is the way that they make women look fantastically sexy. The clothes they make for women are always about hotness and emotion. When we design it's like a movie," says Domenico Dolce. "We think of a story and we design the clothes to go with it." D&G and Madonna: Sunglasses To Die For Perhaps it was this filmic way of designing that drew them to Madonna, who's famously now working with the brand. They were friends already, to be honest, but what kept them apart, according to the boys, were concerns that business would ruin the friendship. It doesn't seem to have done, judging by the results, and the material girl is looking to help them with new sunglasses designs. Accessories like sunglasses have helped this brand along as much as they have all the others. Sunglasses like the bold and beautiful
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