The designers speak out in a new interview with Vogue. Designers Dolce & Gabbana are under attack again after an advertising campaign critics say shows a simulated ‘gang rape’ has resurfaced. Eagerly awaited as the climax to a week of Italian couture with an ever greater wow factor, the Sicilian designers’ show is a hymn to La Dolce Vita with signature details that have disrupted fashion history.

No Dolce&Gabbana collection would be complete without its floral dresses , polka dot dresses, fruit and vegetable prints, baseball stripes and ‘Sicily is my love’ prints, blends of Sicilian mosaics and burlesque scenes. One of their perfume ads was directed by the Italian film director Giuseppe Tornatore, with whom Dolce and Gabbana developed a close relationship, going on to act in his 1996 film The Star Maker.

Beginning in 1988 they produced their ready-to-wear line in Domenico Dolce’s family-owned atelier, located in Legnano, Milan. As one of the largest independent retailers of children’s designer clothing in the UK, we have handpicked collections that offer an array of styles so each child can express their individual identity through fashion.

Browse our collections online from the comfort of your home or visit one of our shops to keep your kids looking fashionable all year round. This is not the first time an Italian company has earned a boycott from the gay community and its supporters for homophobic comments.

Their first campaign was photographed by their friend, the Sicilian photographer Ferdinando Scianna, who, with Dolce and Gabbana, was just getting started in fashion. Every Dolce & Gabbana children and Dolce&Gabbana baby collection is inspired by the Italian heritage: the Mediterranean, history, cartier mens sunglasses sale folklore, religion and the arts.