Designers, The Fashion Business Living la Dolce Vita, Dolce & Gabbana – Time Magazine November 1, 2005 Marion TIME| Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005 by Marion Hume It took designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana Twenty years to fashion a global luxury label out of Humble Sicilian roots. Now their names are synonymous with Italian style and sex appeal.