The arrival of a sleekly suited and enigmatic-looking man flanked by three watchful, headset-wearing bodyguards whose hands hovered above the meaningful bulges beneath their jackets did not, at first, seem that remarkable. After all, around 430 clients, many of them new, travelled from across the world to the Sicilian capital of Palermo to experien...

This week, the White House released the first official portrait of the first lady, Melania Trump, currently displayed on her government web page. Though the picture at first seems bland enough, it is worth a second look — both for the image itself and for what Mrs. Trump chose to wear to represent the country for posterity. A black tuxedo jacket wi...

di Greta Valigi   Splende il sole di Sicilia sulla Fifth Avenue dove il nuovo negozio Dolce & Gabbana ha aperto lo scorso mese di Maggio. Uno spazio modernissimo nella sua architettura, incorniciato da travi in acciaio nero incastonato, a pochi passi da Central Park e di fianco al futuristico negozio di Giorgio Armani. La firma di Domen...

by Paola Bottelli   "There are many tailors around who are better than us. We would be silly if we thought were were better than Caraceni or other Italians who have made history in Italian fashion. But here in Corso Venezia, in Milan, we are launching our view of a lifestyle: it is a project without competitors, geared towards people living...

By Shelby Hodge   First in the brand's new River Oaks District boutique and then celebrating in a sumptuous Memorial area mansion,Dolce & Gabbana spared no expense Tuesday night in showing Houstonians how to party haute Italian style.   "Domenico and Stefano do it better than any brand in fashion," exclaimed Becca Cason Thrash, wh...

Al Museum of the Moving Image di Astoria, nel borough newyorchese del Queens, durante la terza edizione del prestigioso Gala organizzato da La Fondazione NY, sono stati premiati gli stilisti Domenico Dolce e Stefano Gabbana e il regista Baz Lhurmann, vincitore di un Academy Award.   Fondato nel 1985, Dolce&Gabbana è oggi uno dei maggiori...

by Rosemary Feitelberg   With inauguration Day less than three weeks away, Melania Trump has made a point of keeping a low profile — but the first-lady-to-be's choice of a Dolce & Gabbana dress for New Year's Eve in Palm Beach at Mar-a-Lago has kicked off an online firestorm.   After Melania — a longtime client of the Italian bran...

L'opera torna a parlare italiano a New York: per l'intera stagione 2012-2013, tutte le opere liriche in scena al Metropolitan Opera avranno sottotitoli in italiano, leggibili sui video sullo schienale delle poltrone, per consentire agli spettatori di seguire il testo originale.Il debutto dei sottotitoli in italiano, che vanno ad aggiungersi a quell...

Dal 24 settembre, con "L'Elisir d'amore" di Donizetti, il prestigioso Metropolitan Opera di New York incomincerà a parlare anche italiano. Grazie a Dolce&Gabbana (ma anche alle maggiori associazioni italo-americane come Niaf, Columbus Citizen Foundation, Osia e Noiaw) e con il supporto del Consolato generale italiano nella Grande Mela, il temp...

The entire world is familiar with the accomplishments of the great Italian inventors, artists and explorers. The artistic contributions of Leonardo DaVinci to the art world, the genius of Guglielmo Marconi to science, and of the discovery of America through the explorations of Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo).   But what of the less...