Gabbana, in a 2013 statement, acknowledged Correggiari's role in mentoring them, emphasizing the valuable lessons he imparted about pitfalls to avoid in the fashion industry.

[4] Before their official runway debut, Gabbana and Dolce organized grassroots fashion shows in unconventional locations around Milan, including a small apartment and even a fast-food restaurant.

Using friends as models and without professional PR support, these presentations helped create enough buzz to secure their spot at Milano Collezioni.

[9] Dolce & Gabbana gained worldwide recognition in 1993 when Madonna selected them to design costumes for her Girlie Show World Tour.

In 2009, nearly a quarter-century after its establishment, D&G operated 113 stores and 21 factory outlets, employed a staff of 3,500 individuals, and achieved an annual turnover exceeding €1 billion.

[12][9] In 2023, the duo diversified into real estate, announcing residential projects in Miami, USA, and Marabella, Spain, and expressing ambitions to establish a hotel in the Maldives.

An Italian court found the pair guilty of failing to declare millions of euros of revenue earned through a D&G subsidiary company, Gado, based in Luxembourg.

When asked on CNN whether he supported IVF, he responded: "Yeah, I don't have anything bad (to say), because the beauty of the world is freedom" and "We love gay couple.

[4] In 2016, Dolce & Gabbana contributed to the Dynamo Camp 2016 charity event, which aims to assist in the treatment and care of children with chronic and terminal diseases.

[26] In 2020, Dolce & Gabbana launched the #Fattoincasa initiative, a series of online workshops designed to encourage individuals and families to engage in creative projects at home during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

[27] Dolce & Gabbana provided financial support for study coordinated by Prof. Alberto Mantovani, Scientific Director of Humanitas and Emeritus Professor of Humanitas University which aims to form the basis for developing diagnostic tools, such as biomarkers of the severity of the pathology, and therapeutic tools to help battle the strain of coronavirus.

[28][29] Later in the same year, Dolce and Gabbana launched another campaign, the Devotion bag, with a portion of the proceeds dedicated to funding the second phase of research at Humanitas University.

[31] In 2014 as well, Gabbana and Dolce, together with Baz Luhrmann, were honored by La Fondazione NY, a charity supporting young Italian and American artists, during its awards gala in New York City.

[33] He made a cameo appearance in Woody Allen's film To Rome with Love in 2012, and served as a presenter at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2002.