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| By 2005 their turnover was £597 million. Their celebratory dresses for glamazons are still much in demand. |
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| • Isabella Rossellini said: "The first piece of theirs I wore was a white shirt, very chaste, but cut to make my breasts look as if they were bursting out of it" • Dolce and Gabbana created the costumes for Madonna's Girlie Show in 1993 |
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| Domenico Dolce (b. 1958, near Palermo, Sicily) and Stefano Gabbana's (b.1962, Milan, Italy) creative partnership started out with them as a couple, but in 2005 they separated and carried on the business as friends. They have successfully channelled the power of the front row, the ad campaign and celebrity friends to their advantage with friends like Naomi Campbell and Kylie Minogue. |
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Dolce & Gabbana was publicly criticized by Britain's advertising watchdog Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in January 2007, for an advertising campaign showing models brandishing knives. Following complaints from consumers' groups in February 2007, Dolce & Gabbana pulled an advertisement in Madrid, Spain and Paris, France that showed a man holding a woman to the ground by her wrists while a group of men look on. Spain's Labour and Social Affairs Ministry branded the campaign as illegal and humiliating to women, saying the woman's body position had no relation to the products Dolce & Gabbana were trying to sell.Italian publications followed suit, banning the ad. |
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| In May 2009, the Italian government charged Dolce & Gabbana with tax evasion for having moved assets for about 249 million euro to tax haveluxemburg in the 2004-2006 period. |
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D&G is a slightly more casual line that follows an urban inspiration and attempts to set trends rather than follow them. It is the younger, more flamboyant line of the brand. Like Dolce&Gabbana, D&G sells watches as well as clothing, and have been voted the U.K's best luxury brand. In 2005–2006, a limited line of 1000 golden D&G MOTOROLA RAZRV3I MOBILE phones was distributed by D&G boutiques and major Motorola retailers. In July 2009 D&G signed a lucrative deal with singer ALEXANDRA BURKE which will see her model their fashion lines in her music videos and in promotions. [edit] |
