After forty years Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s creativity and design have become central to the canon of Italian fashion.
In October 1985, in the New Talents show at Milan Fashion Week, the world caught its first glimpse of Dolce&Gabbana—and a legend was born. Forty years later, the illustrious designers celebrate this anniversary with a series of spectacular events, including the release of two deluxe volumes showcasing the legacy of their house.
The first is dedicated to Steven Meisel, whose advertising campaigns came to define Dolce&Gabbana’s imagery. The preeminent genius of fashion photography contributed forty new pictures to this special edition, which also presents a selection of his most iconic shots for the brand. Through Meisel’s lens, past and present converge, tracing the evolution of Dolce&Gabbana’s design language across decades of innovative style.
The second volume, with texts by Luke Leitch, unearths a treasure trove never-before-seen outside the fashion house’s atelier: mood boards for each of the eighty womenswear collections released between 1985 and 2025. Together they form a mosaic that offers an unparalleled overview of Dolce&Gabbana’s inspiration and virtuosic career.