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Stefano Gabbana was born on 14 November 1962, in Venice, Italy. Domencio Dolce was born on 13 September 1958, in a small village in Sicily. Dolce studied fashion design in Sicily and gained experience in his parents businesses. Gabbana, however, studied graphic design and gained some work experience in fashion, as an assistant in an atelier in Milan, where the pair first met in 1980.

They presented their first women's collection in 1985 in Milan, where a year later their store would open its doors. The design duo labeled their first collection Real Women, due in part to the use of amateur local women on the runway.[

In 1987 the duo launched a separate knitwear line, and in 1989 they started designing a lingerie line and a beachwear line. Then in 1990 they launched their first men's collection.  That year they also moved the design house into its first official offices and began to design gowns and other more expensive pieces in addition to their original clothing.

By 1991 their men's collection was awarded the Woolmark Award for the most innovative men's collection of the year.

In terms of their market expansion in the 1990s, in 1989 Dolce & Gabbana signed an agreement with the Kashiyama group to open their first boutique in Japan. They released their first fragrance for women in 1992, called "Dolce & Gabbana Pour Femme".

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