Finally, somewhere to store your Dom Perignon: Dolce & Gabbana’s $34k fridges

Smeg makes refrigerators you’d expect to find in a factory built by Willy Wonka. They’re bright and come in almost every color, as well as a variety of patterns. The company is also well known for its retro line of appliances, which you can find in pastels and bright red. They are a luxury brand with prices to match, but $34,140 (€30,000) is ultra-premium. That’s the price Smeg expects its Dolce & Gabbana refrigerators to sell for. The designers teamed up with the appliance maker to create 100 limited-edition hand-painted FAB28 refrigerators. “Every piece is unique, but they all tell a story consistent with our brand identity,” Dolce tells Vogue. “They might be kitchen appliances, but there’s something that is immediately identifiable as Dolce & Gabbana, from the Sicilian barrows to the Trinacria symbol to the marionettes to the Italian lemons and fruits.” Related:  LG’s Signature fridge has a door you can automatically open with your foot We’ve heard of being a slave to fashion, but you’ll really need to commit your whole kitchen to these fridges, at least when it comes to incorporating them into your decor.

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Finally, somewhere to store your Dom Perignon: Dolce & Gabbana’s $34k fridges

Focus on Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent’s new creative director

On Monday, April 4, Saint Laurent's parent company Kering announced that Belgian fashion designer, Anthony Vaccarello, will succeed photographer and fashion designer, Hedi Slimane, as creative director of the fashion house founded by couturier Yves Saint Laurent. Born in Brussels to Italian parents, Anthony Vaccarello wasn't always destined for a career in fashion, focusing instead on studying more “serious” subjects.

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Vaccarello quits Versace as rumours mount of move to YSL

Belgian designer Anthony Vaccarello quit Versace Monday, the Italian brand announced as speculation mounted that he was about to take over at Yves Saint Laurent. The rumour mill has been working overtime since Hedi Slimane left YSL last Friday, with many fashion insiders convinced that Vaccarello would succeed him. Donatella Versace seemed to hint that Vaccarello — who comes from an Italian family — was going onto greater things when she said that he was standing down as creative director of her Versus label.

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Armani says no to fur in its fashions

After years of disagreements with animal rights activists, the Armani Group has announced that it will go fur-free this year, beginning with its fall 2016 collections. According to Women's Wear Daily, the Italian fashion group made the agreement with The Humane Society of the United States and the Fur Free Alliance. “I am pleased to announce that the Armani Group has made a firm commitment to abolish the use of animal fur in its collections,” Giorgio Armani said in a statement released by the Human Society.

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Dolce & Gabbana Criticized Over Selling "Slave Sandal" Footwear

The Italian fashion house is under fire — yet again — for what many are calling a politically incorrect move.

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Get the Dolce & Gabbana fairytale princess catwalk makeup look

Dolce & Gabbana reinterpreted the fairytale princess look during the Italian house's Autumn/Winter 2016 show during Milan Fashion Week this season, with a pretty yet contemporary makeup look to match. The brand offered a sneak preview of its new “Blush of Roses” face collection with a look that focused on porcelain skin with a natural, flawless finish, rosy cheeks, bright eyes, full, plump lips and feminine nails. To achieve the look, “Dolce & Gabbana Primer” was first applied to moisturized skin, before “Perfect Luminous Foundation” was blended outward from the center of the face out towards the ears.

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The Italian driving fashion’s mobile revolution

With his high-waisted jeans and sneakers, nobody could have accused Steve Jobs of being a style leader. Posthumously however the Apple founder is becoming an icon of the luxury fashion business as the smartphone technology he pioneered shakes up a sector of the industry initially slow to embrace the Internet. Ask Federico Marchetti, the Italian CEO of Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP), the fashion e-tail heavyweight that shifted 1.7 billion euros worth of designer gear and luxury goods last year.

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At Milan Fashion Week, Cinderella goes to Dolce & Gabbana

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) – It will be a fairytale wardrobe for Dolce & Gabbana fans next winter, with the Italian fashion brand presenting enchanting fantasy creations for its latest womenswear line at Milan Fashion Week on Sunday. Against a backdrop of an open story book, golden carriage and a clock ticking towards midnight, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana sent models out in a typically colorful and vibrant collection of richly-embellished dresses with patterns referring to stories such as “Cinderella” and “Snow White”. Cinderella's ball gown was given a modern makeover in a shimmering fitted light blue dress with enlarged shoulders.

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Blumarine, Ermanno Scervino unveil furs, craftsmanship in Milan

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) – Fur took center stage at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday with Italian brands Blumarine and Ermanno Scervino presenting plenty of it in their luxurious womenswear creations for next winter. Designer Scervino also sought to showcase Italian craftsmanship in his collection called “The Mosaic Woman” with pleated as well as thick lace dresses, tweed coats decorated with sparkling sequined flowers and embroidered evening wear.

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Russia’s luxury flagship store turns to Chinese spenders

By Olga Sichkar and Jack Stubbs MOSCOW (Reuters) – Framed by Swarovski crystal figurines and crocodile skin-clad smart phones, sales promotions at Moscow's exclusive TsUM department store are being publicized in two languages: Russian, of course, and now Chinese. The bi-lingual signs, promising to match the prices of all luxury goods with those on sale in Milan, are part of a push by store operator Mercury to encourage high-spending Chinese visitors to shop in TsUM'S neo-Gothic store, rather than the boutiques of the Italian fashion capital. Luxury retailers have fared better than many mass-market brands during Russia's economic crisis but they still need foreign shoppers to compensate for falling spending by local consumers.

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