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Dolce & Gabbana chairman steps down o Co-founder retains creative role at Italian luxury brand

D&G said it had nothing to report on the debt issue reported by the news company “as negotiations with the banks are still ongoing”. Many top fashion brands have been squeezed in recent years by a slump in the luxury market. Dolce and Gabbana appeared on the runway with guest Madonna after February’s D&G women’s ready-to-wear show at Milan Fashion Week. Dolce and Gabbana are one of fashion’s most successful design collaborations, tapping into Dolce’s Sicilian roots for form-fitting designs that have attracted stars from Madonna to Monica Bellucci.

of organisational and governance evolution”. The fashion company’s new chairman is CEO Alfonso Dolce, the brother of Gabbana’s co-designer Domenico Dolce, according to a corporate filing from January viewed by AFP. The departure of Gabbana, who launched the label with Dolce in 1985, was first reported by Bloomberg. Gabbana is also considering options for his 40% stake in the company, as it enters a new round of negotiations with bank lenders to refinance 450 million euros (RM2.09 billion) of debt, Bloomberg reported.

O NE of the co-founders of Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana (D&G), Stefano Gabbana, has stepped down as chairman but remains in his creative capacity, the company said recently. D&G said Gabbana, 63, had resigned from his corporate positions as of Jan 1 “as part of a natural process

Gabbana (left) and Dolce at Milan Fashion Week. – AFPPIC

La dolce vita at From the Heart to the Hands

THE godfathers of Italian Alta Moda (high fashion), Alta Sartoria (high tailoring) and Alta Gioielleria (high jewellery), Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are the pinnacle of Sicily haute couture in every seam. Huge ballgown skirts, ostentatious motifs and obnoxiously golden, the Alta collections embody the baroque drama in its every thread and metal. Inviting tastemakers and lovers of the art, the love letter to Italy is now open to be read at the From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce & Gabbana in Miami at the Institute of Contemporary Art up until June this year. Curated by Florence Muller, here is a sneakpeek into the theatrical spectacle of la dolce vita (sweet life of pleasure, luxury and leisure).

The light blue gown (centre) with hand-painted floral motifs is from the Alta Moda 2017 Palermo collection, and those Gold & Red Brocade suits are Alta Sartoria pieces.

Exuding 19th-century Sicilian nobility, the Alta Sartoria suit (left) represents the brand’s men’s couture, while the majestic ballgown is from the Alta Moda Fall 2017 Palermo collection.

Alta Moda Fall/Winter 2017–2018 collection.

Dolce & Gabbana Alta Mode Fall 2017 collection. – PICS FROM AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Inspired by Sicilian Catholicism, and the ‘Black Widow’ or ‘Mourning Madonna’, this display mainly shows pieces from the Alta Moda 2012 debut collection and Alta Moda 2017 (Palermo) collection.