Dolce & Gabbana Eyes Development in Menswear, Way of life & World Growth

MILAN — Dolce & Gabbana is getting into a brand new section and it’s a promising one, with progress prospects additionally within the menswear class, in response to co-chief govt officer Stefano Cantino.

“Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have a strong point of view on both genders,” mentioned Cantino.

Launched as a ladies’s model greater than 4 a long time in the past, “with a feminine, sexy and sensual aesthetic, Dolce & Gabbana comprises both men’s and women’s collections with a singular vision, which translates into a strong business opportunity. The breadth of the offer is unique, starting from fashion to tailoring, lifestyle and couture,” he mentioned.

Menswear, launched in 1990, already represents 50 % of the model’s enterprise, however Cantino, talking forward of the spring 2027 present Saturday, sees untapped potential for the class — whereas additionally persevering with to develop the ladies’s division, he added.

Admitting a private concentrate on made-to-measure, Cantino contended the selection, personalization and sartorial particulars on the model are of the utmost “excellence and construction.”

He touted the Milan menswear flagship in Corso Venezia, which incorporates an expansive house devoted to made-to-measure. While the footwear collections “are more complete,” there’s a lot potential and progress alternatives within the leather-based items class.

Cantino underscored that the 2 genders are well-balanced in shops around the globe, with devoted flooring and particular areas, and that, within the brief time period, this would be the technique going ahead, though he didn’t rule out the opening of further menswear shops.

Out of a complete of the present 150 retail boutiques, seven are devoted to menswear, whereas 143 are dual-gender.

Further highlighting the significance of the menswear class for the model, Cantino mentioned “it’s fundamental to have a separate menswear show, it reflects the division’s strength and identity and the idea is to continue along this path.” Holding the exhibits in Milan can be key. “This is where Dolce & Gabbana was born, and it’s very important to be part of Milan Men’s Fashion Week.”

The govt sees potential within the males’s Alta Sartoria collections, that are underneath the Alta Moda or couture umbrella that additionally contains ladies’s collections, excessive jewellery for women and men, and watches for women and men. This 12 months they’ll all be unveiled in Taormina, Sicily, July 12 to 14. Last 12 months, Alta Moda was held in Rome. The first Alta Sartoria present was held in July 2015 in Portofino.

Despite the macro worldwide challenges, Cantino believes “it’s in the difficult moments that foundations are laid for the future. I have no doubt there are opportunities for the brand, which relies on undisputed credibility, and the strategy is to focus on its core identity. Over the years it has stayed true to its strong values and image with a unique attitude, and this is winning for the future as well.”

Because of this sturdy identification, the model will additional develop its product provide in numerous classes, together with way of life.

Cantino trumpeted the model’s power in way of life, meals and beverage, ranging from the DG Martini Bar & Restaurant Milano, which opened in 2003 and was renewed in 2022.

The residence assortment, launched in 2021, can be an asset that may be additional leveraged, he mentioned. Currently, there are 18 Dolce & Gabbana Casa shops on the planet.

In 2023, Dolce & Gabbana started taking up and customizing prestigious seaside golf equipment and luxurious resorts, additionally with pop-ups and particular activations. These venues in the present day embrace Cala di Volpe, Sardinia; Le Carillon, Portofino; Twiga Versilia, Forte dei Marmi; Casa Amor, Saint-Tropez; San Domenico Palace, Taormina; Clap House, Ibiza; Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa, Hamptons, and La Cabane, Marbella.

The model additionally a profitable magnificence enterprise, introduced again in-house in 2022 — it was beforehand licensed to Shiseido — seeing vital gross sales good points underneath the lead of former LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton govt Gianluca Toniolo. The agency ranked 45^th in WWD Beauty Inc’s 2024 checklist of the highest 100 magnificence firms by gross sales, with estimated gross sales of 910 million euros on the time, up 35 % versus 2023.

The model has a make-up line and it’ll formally make its debut in skincare in September with the discharge of the antiaging “Ever Youth” line. It additionally has launched into a big rollout plan of devoted magnificence shops, with a primary unveiled final 12 months in Jakarta, Indonesia, adopted by Hong Kong and London’s Covent Garden, amongst others.

In March, EssilorLuxottica and Dolce & Gabbana revealed the extension till 2025 of the manufacturing and international distribution licensing settlement of prescription frames and sun shades for the model. The license was first inked in 2004.

While staying true to its fundamentals and values, the corporate goes via a restructuring of the group, with a extra agile construction and simplified, extra direct reporting, Cantino identified.

Leveraging a profession constructed on the Prada Group and at Louis Vuitton, he was named co-CEO of the Italian trend group in April after exiting Gucci in September 2025. He flanks Alfonso Dolce, chairman and CEO, and Domenico Dolce’s brother.

In May, he tapped Maria Cristina Lomanto as common supervisor Europe.

Lomanto was most just lately president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Gucci, which she joined in 2022 from Roger Vivier.

The second of transformation additionally noticed cofounder Stefano Gabbana resigning from his positions at Dolce & Gabbana Holding Srl, Dolce & Gabbana Trademarks Srl and Dolce & Gabbana Srl final January. However, Gabbana, who reportedly has a 40 % stake within the privately owned firm, maintains his “creative activities” throughout the group, the corporate has mentioned.

As reported, market sources, which peg the corporate’s revenues at 1.9 billion euros, have mentioned Dolce & Gabbana has tapped Rothschild to renegotiate its debt of 450 million euros with banks together with Intesa, BPM, Crédit Agricole, CDP and BNL, leveraging “extensive real estate assets and royalties’ revenues.”