Article: Dolce & Gabbana: the most famous duo in fashion may not always dance to the same beat--or even in the same room. But they do know perfectly well how to play off each other to stunning effect, and as they celebrated Domenico's 50th birthday in Milan last September with a star-studded fete, it became spectacularly clear that the party at the Dolce & Gabbana disco is just getting warmed up.(Interview)

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A conversation with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana reminds me of rafting--except my wild ride is on torrents of words rather than water. English, Italian, and the verbal shorthand born of a very close quarter-century relationship tumble together in an idiosyncratic jumble. Pity the poor transcriber. Still, one does one's best. The three of us are talking in a leopard spot-draped salon in the designers' Milan headquarters. Lunch awaits in the zebra-patterned room next door. There are big, important-looking pictures all over the walls, plus two prints of a Steven Klein portrait of Madonna, signed to each of them by their favorite ...

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