How Dolce Gabbana , the great brand handbag designer that changed the world

COMELY HANDBAG

Some photograph of Italian icon Isabella Rosselini could almost be a still from one of her father, Rberto Roselini’s, black and white films of the 1940s.

This cinematic sensuality is typical of Dolce & Gabbana’s fashion handbag and

The accessories.

Their idealistic vision of Italy revolves around specific themes: silver screen sirens leopard prints and corsetry a la Sophia Loren, Catholicism Sunday best sits and rosary beads and various Italian stereotypes, from Mafioso machismo pinstripe tote and sport bag, also trilbys to the simplicity of Sicilian widows.

Little black cross body bag, women tote, headscarves, fishing village baskets. But beneath this puritanical patriotism there are also hints of Playful subversion: belt bag cut with integral corsetry or lace panels are favourites.

Successfully integrating these sensibilities into a global brand, Dolce & Gabbana launched their first couture show in Taormina, Sicily, in 2012.