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Italian couture titans Domenico Dolce<br />
and Stefano Gabbana muse on<br />
what makes their style unique and why,<br />
unlike some luxury brands with<br />
billion-euro turnovers, they remain<br />
fiercely independent<br />
By Avril Groom<br />
Designer duo Stefano<br />
Gabbana, left, and<br />
Domenico Dolce<br />
remain bold spirits in<br />
the fashion world<br />
STEFANO BABIC<br />
Dolce & Gabbana’s fall/winter 19/20<br />
show—held as usual in their own<br />
fashion theatre in Milan—was<br />
elegant and, by their standards,<br />
surprisingly restrained. Entitled “Eleganza”<br />
and with the words “Fatto a mano” (made by<br />
hand) embroidered on some dresses, it drew<br />
attention to the timeless crafts that are essential<br />
to their beautifully constructed tailoring and<br />
exuberantly embellished evening wear.<br />
In place of the over-the-top inclusions of<br />
recent shows—such as casts of hundreds and<br />
stars like Monica Bellucci, Isabella Rossellini<br />
and former French First Lady Carla Bruni<br />
Sarkozy—instead the spectacle included<br />
a black-and-white video of the designers’<br />
workrooms, which looked almost as if it had<br />
been filmed in the 1950s. After a somewhat<br />
controversial year, it was a reminder of their<br />
origins in the glorious bella figura of Italian<br />
style, in the Catholic culture, lush gardens,<br />
and food, in their love of gold-braided pomp<br />
and even the gangsterism of Dolce’s native<br />
Sicily. It was a marked shift in emphasis<br />
from high-octane glamour to powerfully<br />
alluring investment dressing, but, as proudly<br />
independent designers, Domenico Dolce<br />
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