Can you tailor with four hands? Since Dolce & Gabbana
Entered the big fashion stage in the mid-1980s, is the
Answer: Yes. The Milanese Stefano Gabbana and the Sicilian
Domenico Dolce together raised the Mediterranean sensuality
a global ideal of beauty. With collections that are at the same time cheeky,
frivolous and pious, they became the most successful designer duo in the world
Story. But in the end they traded again and again
boycott calls.
A fashion designer cliché come true
Stefano Gabbana was born on November 14, 1962 in Milan and
grew up in humble circumstances. His father worked in a
Printing, the mother as a porter and cleaning lady. It sounds like now
a fashion designer cliché, but is actually true in his case:
As a child, he had an affinity for dolls and desperately wanted a Barbie.
What has failed for a long time due to the resistance of the parents will finally come about
fulfilled with their own pocket money.
The childhood of Domenico, four years his senior, is even clearer
Dolce towards a future fashion career. His father was a tailor in
Polizzi Generosa in Sicily. In the parental clothing company
Domenico Dolce learned to sew at an early age, made miniature dresses and
at the age of six, or so he claims, too
the first piece of clothing for yourself.
As a young man, like so many southern Italians, Dolce set out to
to find happiness in Milan. In the early 80s he learned
Stefano Gabbana in the atelier of a fashion designer. Gabbana was
Actually a graphic artist, but had no desire for advertising and
was looking for new professional perspectives.
Partner beyond the private relationship
The two men became lovers and founders of one of the bis
today’s most important fashion labels in the world. The “&” between theirs
Surnames also endured when they ended their private relationship in 2005
finished.
It would have been all over after the first collection
could be. Your producer had dropped out. “We had to come back
start from zero. But all the doors we knocked on stayed
locked. I thought, okay, born and died in just one
night”, recalls Stefano Gabbana in an interview with the
Italian daily newspaper “Corriere della Sera” at the beginning.
It’s a good thing that you can rely on your family in Italy. still
better if they work in the same industry anyway. Domenico
Dolce’s parents took over the production of the clothing with their clothing company
Collection. Key positions are still with today
occupied by family members. So is Alfonso Dolce, the brother of
Designers, CEO of the company. In addition, they have resisted until now
to sell even the smallest company shares with every offer.
Style role models: Sophia
Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Anna Magnani
They took a beating on the androgynous business look of the 80s
maternal, sensual type of woman. “Breasts, waist and bottom –
that’s what interests me in a woman,” Stefano became
Gabbana once quoted by Marie Claire magazine. Sophia
Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Anna Magnani are the role models of the
Designer duos, Sicily and the family, the living environment for their
Drafts.
In her fashion, strict formality meets exuberant imagination. Of the
pinstripe suit and bustiers worn as outerwear,
Corsages and bras become her first trademarks. as madonna,
at that time the measure of all things in show business, in the early 90s
years of Dolce & Gabbana, the flight of fancy is the
both unstoppable. The business is thriving with sales beyond the
billion mark. But in recent years, the
designers to ruin their reputations.
calls for a boycott and shitstorms
There were several calls for a boycott and shitstorms on the Internet. 2015, as
in an interview with the Italian magazine “Panorama”
against artificial insemination and surrogacy
had. Especially the gay community, led by Elton
John, on the other hand, was up in arms. 2017 because Stefano Gabbana on his
Instagram account proudly features a picture of Melania Trump in one
Dolce & Gabbana dress posted.
And finally, in 2018, the absolute meltdown. In front of one in Shanghai
planned mega event, the designers launched advertising videos that a
Chinese model trying out pasta and pizza with chopsticks
to eat. What was probably meant as irony came across as racism. In
China one was so angry that the designers not only do the show
cancel, but had to make a public apology.
D&G and the new queen of curves
Forget everything and forgive? Well, the most recent show in late September in
Milan was a big spectacle again. Dedicated Kim Kardashian,
the current queen of curves. Some say the designers
wanted to polish up their image with glitz and glamor. For the others
they just came back to themselves. (dpa)