Dolce&Gabbana

House Summary

Domenico Dolce, whose parents ran a small fabric and apparel business in Sicily, met Stefano Gabbana in 1980 while both worked for another Milanese designer, and together they founded Dolce&Gabbana in Milan in 1985. Fragrance followed with a women's debut in 1992 and a men's version in 1994, and that Sicilian upbringing has stayed central to the brand ever since. The fragrance mentality is rooted in warm, sun-soaked Sicilian sensuality, perfecting familiar, well-loved templates — amber, tobacco, warm woods — rather than pursuing radical reinvention, trusting a well-executed classic over a gimmick built for a single season.