Dolce & Gabbana Handbag Company is a high-end fashion house started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce, born near Palermo, Sicily, and Stefano Gabbana, born in Milan, Italy. Dolce & Gabbana are very popular for their designs in the Hollywood industry; they have designed clothes for Madonna, Gisele Bündchen, Monica Bellucci, Ayumi Hamasaki, Isabella Rossellini and Kylie Minogue amongst others. The company is based near Milan (Legnano). The private life of Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce became public in 2005, when they officially announced their separation. The business has remained unchanged and both continue to design together. Dolce and Gabana’s most popular designs include Dolce and Gabbana handbags, Dolce and Gabbana purses, Dolce and Gabbana bags, Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses, Dolce and Gabbana watches

Dolce and Gabbana Clothing and accessories product lines

Dolce & Gabanna is organized into two central lines for adults: D&G and Dolce&Gabbana. Dolce&Gabbana specializes on more expensive luxury items like Dolce and Gabana bags and Dolce and Gabana sunglasses, is influenced more by designers and is more formal and ‘timeless’, responding to long-term trends rather than seasonal changes. D&G is a more casual line that follows an urban inspiration and attempts to set trends rather than follow them. Both lines offer beachwear, underwear, corrective eyewear, sunglasses and fragrances; the D&G line also carries jewelry and timepieces. In 2005 and 2006, D&G and Motorola released a limited line of 1,000RAZR V3i phones, distributed by D&G boutiques and major Motorola retailers.

Dolce & Gabana also produces D&G Junior, a separate line aimed at children under the age of 11. Similar to the D&G adult line, D&G Junior follows seasonal trends for boys and girls across a range of ages. D&G Junior is more visibly influenced by popular culture compared to D&G, such as the Ibiza line of D&G Junior. Dolce and Gabbana produces products for all ages including Dolce and Gabbana handbags, Dolce and Gabbana bags, Dolce and Gabbana fragrances, Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses, Dolce and Gabbana watches, and more!

Dolce’s advertising Controversy

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 neck 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.[4]

Dolce & Gabbana boutiques – U.S. stores

There are seven freestanding Dolce & Gabbana boutiques in the United States in New York City, Beverly Hills, Americana Manhasset on Long Island, Bal Harbour Shops in Miami, Las Vegas and The Mall at Short Hills in Short Hills, New Jersey. The company plans on expanding to Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco in the near future. Dolce & Gabbana also has numerous in-store kiosks across the US at high end department stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, and Canada Mississauga. All stores offer Dolce and Gabbana handbags, Dolce and Gabbana purses, Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses and Dolce and Gabbana frangrances.