| Dolce & Gabbana
SpA (pronounced ['dol?e e gab'bana]) is a high-end fashion house
started by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Dolce & Gabbana
are very popular for their designs in the Hollywood industry;
they have designed clothes for Madonna, Monica Bellucci, Ayumi
Hamasaki (a Japanese popstar), Isabella Rossellini and Kylie Minogue
amongst others. The company is based in Milan. The private life
of Gabbana and Dolce's affairs became public in 2005, when they
officially announced their separation. The company will still
stay the same, and they will continue to design together.
Dolce & Gabbana's first store in the United States opened
in March 1995 in the upscale shopping mecca "the Galleria"
in Houston's fashion district. Since then, a boom in interest
in their clothes has called for openings of their boutiques
in other major cosmopolitan cities all over the world. Their
boutiques have become a symbol of high fashion and couture.
Dolce & Gabbana is organized into two central lines for adults.
'D&G' and 'Dolce & Gabbana'. D&G generally forms the
groups more casual lines with slightly cheaper prices and follows
an urban inspiration. D&G follows the trends of culture of
the time and is trend-setting. Dolce & Gabbana centralizes
on luxury materials and is slightly more expensive than D&G.
The line does not change as much as D&G, and is influenced
by satorial designs, it is described as 'timeless' by Dolce &
Gabbana. Within each line is beachwear, underwear, eyewear (ophthalmic
& sunglasses) and fragrances. The D&G line carries the
jewelery and timepieces.
D&G Junior is a separate line aimed at children under the
age of 13. D&G Junior follows the ethos of D&G and embodies
youth and fun with the styles of its clothes. Each season follows
a set-named trend for a season and is named separately for boys
and girls. The line contains clothes aimed at different ages
of children. D&G Junior is more visibly influenced by popular
culture compared to D&G, such as the Ibiza line of D&G
Junior. Surprisingly, D&G Junior is distributed to more
stores than the adult brands and is available outside of boutiques
and department stores
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