Khaki can be ultra feminine when interpreted by Dolce&Gabbana. Chiffon and lace lend a luxurious edge to the cotton staple.

Bermuda shorts, bloomers, mini shorts, culottes, and hot pants were key items for the SS12 collections, flooding the runways with long lean legs. The Bermuda short takes centre stage on Swide this week.

Moto Guzzi are lining up the latest reboot of their best-selling series with the California 1400. It’s a bit of a departure form the cruiser look of previous models with a more vintage Art Nouveau style.

Dolce&Gabbana have taken fabric embellishment to a whole new level since starting their label in the Eighties. Crystals, sequins and pearls have adorned dresses and bustiers in novel ways almost every season since. For SS12, as well as exquisite hand applied crystals and pearls, Dolce&Gabbana have introduced PVC 3D flowers over the already beautifully textured macramé.

When I was a child, my parents used to take me to a little village, where we would have almond “granita” and collect fresh water form a little drinking fountain, afterwards. This little place is called Scopello and it was time for me to return to my childhood and explore as an adult.

At 27, Dolce&Gabbana have achieved an impressive status, client base and cult following. The brand’s capacity to take the artistic traditions and aesthetic of Italy and make them their own is unsurpassable and highly romantic to fashion lovers. Their idiosyncratic designs, ironic take on classic dress and the brand’s emblematic items have all contributed in making Dolce&Gabbana a household name. For this instalment of our archive lead considerations of what makes up the Dolce&Gabbana DNA we concentrate on maybe one of the strongest statement the designers have made over the years: the corset.

For summer, the coolest casual looks are desert inspired. Desert jackets, tailored light denim and white linen shirts. Clean, elegant and always stylish

Fashion Editor, Yuri Ahn shares her styling expertise with our Swide readers. Floral print dress for a casual yet chic styling on a summer’s day.

If there’s one thing that any fashionista should have understood when it comes to beachwear is that for Summer 2012, fluo is in. Here’s how to add a Dolce&Gabbana twist to an industry wide trend.

The latest addition to Dolce&Gabbana’s inventive and always seductive prints is lace. Always relevant and central to the brand’s DNA, for SS12 lace has taken on a new form.

Spring is the most romantic of seasons, and the most fashionable. Flowers, the accessories of Mother Nature are ever so chic, and on trend, whether in a filed or printed on a dress.

British luxury car maker Rolls-Royce unveiled their upgraded Phantom series II. The Phantom Sedan, Phantom Drophead Coupe, and Phantom Coupe have all been updated with new technologies to make this the ultimate luxury ride.

Dolce&Gabbana are know for their female enhancing fashion, their sharp tailoring, and their courage. In the SS2003 collection, they displayed these three qualities, and more, in a collection inspired by their own archives and astronauts!

The check trend has been getting stronger and stronger. Dolce&Gabbana this summer has explored all the worlds of check, gingham, Vichy, tartan, carrè, its check mania!

The SS12 Dolce&Gabbana swimwear collection offers a wide range of trunks and briefs for the coolest looks under the hot summer sun.

Fashion Editor, Yuri Ahn shares her styling expertise with our Swide readers. Is it lace? Is it lace print? Dolce&Gabbana’s new trick for SS12.

Summer is ever nearing, and thoughts turn to crystalline waters, soft sands and beachwear. For Spring Summer 2012 Dolce&Gabbana have merged their classic leopard print with trendy fluo hues.

Paper media sees a new member joining the family this month: the first edition of The Greatest magazine is on the newsstands. Swide, always with an ear to the ground regarding new projects scooped up an interview with the founder, editor in chief and fashion director of The Greatest: Matteo Greco.

The D&G SS12 collection was a real party of colours and prints. And for your summer parties, the D&G eveningwear portion of the collection will make you feel truly special. Whether you opt for a body con mini dress, a sequins embellished tunic or flowing maxi dresses- foulards is the keyword for your summer eveningwear.

From day to evening, the Sicily dresses are a prefect companion. This week, we concentrated on the sexy silhouette for your day engagements and your after hours parties.

The longstanding relationship between Dolce & Gabbana and lace is a well established, documented and loved. For SS12, in keeping with the colour trends of the season, lace becomes purple, from aubergine to cyclamen, and hints of pink.

Dolce & Gabbana sneakers have earned a cult following in recent years, and the Spring Summer collection is sure to further impress trainer lovers everywhere.

The Dolce&Gabbana Matt Silk Collection enjoyed VIP treatment when Swide, in collaboration with Italian video maker Luca Finotti wrote the story and shot a pretty special video with Bianca Balti.

Dolce&Gabbana and leather are a great couple. The brand is known for taking traditional materials and transforming them into something special and always new. For SS12, leather was the star of the show: being treated like royalty.

The Italian luxury car manufacturer brought its concept SUV the Kubang to the Beijing Motor Show last month where it will disappear from view until it materialises in its production form at the end of next year.

For SS12 Dolce&Gabbana have introduced a novel way to wear the blazer: deconstructed, rough at the edges, casual yet stylish. Wear it like a cardigan to get the look right.

Fashion Editor, Yuri Ahn shares her styling expertise with our Swide readers. This week, the merits of the denim mini skirt are extolled.

The Dolce&Gabbana SS12 collection is as Italian as it can get. The designers drew inspiration from the peninsula in all its folkloristic beauty. Earrings and bracelets made of vegetables: tomatoes, peppers, garlic and aubergines. Necklaces created with pasta and elegant chandelier earrings inspired by the village lights which adorn the streets during celebrations the bijoux in the fashion show are a true feast.

The khaki look has been back in fashion for a few seasons now. It has found a new habitat in the urban jungle, but the total look can sometimes seem a bit naff, so be careful. This week, this is how to rock the safari look with a typically Dolce&Gabbana twist.

Dolce&Gabbana have been lending their irreverent yet razor sharp aesthetic to the masculine and feminine play. For ss12 the tuxedo was a complying victim to the transformation.

Dolce & Gabbana Makeup testimonial Felicity Jones looks the part on Marie Claire USA.

The Dolce&Gabbana SS12 collection was inspired by everything Italian: vegetable prints, pasta jewellery, village decorative lights and of course Sicilian traditions. Black, is a colour that immediately springs to mind when imagining the typical Sicilian woman’s garbs.

The New Dolce Vita exchange the urban landscape, escaping the city to enjoy the Spring sun at the sublime Pomente Castle...

The Champions League final is almost upon us. Who will lift the most desired club trophy? In order to celebrate this footballing event, have a look at some fashion footie wear to seduce even the most professional virtuosi.

For SS12 Dolce&Gabbana have thought of a pair of sunnies for every woman, and man. In June, a limited edition Gold collection will hit the stores worldwide. Classic, precious and timeless, the Gold Edition sunglasses will brighten up your day.

Fashion Editor, Yuri Ahn shares her styling expertise with our Swide readers. For this instalment Marlon Brando is the protagonist of a casual look.

The arts of Messers Dolce and Gabbana have been celebrated in the Chinese Edition of Numerò this month.

Spring just calls for flowers. Flowers in the park, in the house and on your clothes. Opt for this year’s most desired flower: they peony.

I have been promising myself for years that I would visit this pearl of the Venetian lagoon and, seeing as Spring has arrived, there is no time like the present to visit Burano; The italian island where the famous lace makers live.

French model and actress Laetitia Casta is a statuesque, (literally), beauty who embodies the more Mediterranean aesthetic of French beauty. From catwalk to cinema, Laetitia has earned a cult following.

Fine details, exquisite materials and flattering cuts all characterise Dolce&Gabbana Demi Couture. Apt for the most special of occasions, ball gowns, slinky charmeuse shifts, and sexy lace are all glamorous statements.