Now running in a magazine near you: More of the new Fall ‘10 ad campaign for Dolce & Gabbana, starring that famous friend of the brand, Madonna. In these latest Steven Klein-shot images, a Dolce-clad Madonna squires around a handsome younger gentleman. She’s obviously called upon all the acting tools at her disposal to sell [...]

Madonna will star in Dolce & Gabbana’s ad campaign again this season, inspired by the classic Italian film Mamma Roma. Stefano Gabbana says it showcases “a more human and approachable side” of the star. Like, uh, the one above? [WWD] Meanwhile, Moschino is the latest brand to go to the blog well for its campaign: [...]

Velvet just might be the most polarizing textile of them all. For some of us, the tufted fabric is an unpleasant reminder of the stiff party dresses donned for the yearly family photo shoot. For others, like Rachel Roy, one of many designers who used modern versions of the densely piled material on the Fall [...]

For an industry as obsessed with change as fashion is, there certainly were plenty of designers thinking about the past this season. Miuccia Prada said she was revising things she did in the nineties (though, it must be said, most of her almost-15-year-old designs look just as modern today as they did during the Clinton [...]

Madonna’s design streak continues: After signing design and distribution deals with Iconix, Madge has inked her latest agreement, to do a line of eyewear with her friends Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The shades (pictured) will be marketed with Madonna’s M appended to the usual D&G logo. OMG MDG! [WWD]Rumor confirmed. Phillips-Van Heusen agreed to [...]

Lindsay Lohan’s scarcely appeared during Milan fashion week—no big shock, considering the drubbing the fashion press gave her Ungaro collection—but she did make it to Roberto Cavalli’s show and, of course, after-party last night. In her Cavalli sequined harem pants and Dolce & Gabbana fur vest, Lohan feels a bit like a blast from the [...]

Friends in High Places, Part I: Lara Stone (pictured, with fiancé David Walliams) reveals that Riccardo Tisci—who gave the model her first big break in a Givenchy Couture show—will be designing her wedding dress. Commence turning green…now. [Interview]Friends in High Places, Part II: Those front-row scenesters that seem to have shown up at every NYFW [...]

Scarlett Johansson’s va-va-voom physique and Dolce & Gabbana’s seductive eveningwear are a match made in fashion heaven. We’re not surprised that the actress—who also served as the face of the brand’s beauty campaign last year—went with her old stand-by for the premiere of A View From the Bridge. Johansson clearly wanted a more mature look [...]

Radici—it’s the Italian word for roots. And radici were the big story of the first day of Milan’s fall menswear shows. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their men’s collection this year, Dolce & Gabbana flagged Sicily, the wellspring of their inspiration, by screening clips from Giuseppe Tornatore’s soon-to-be-Oscar-nominated Baari above their catwalk, as groups of [...]

During the worst of the economic slog, we were actually worried for a bit that we’d have to resort to hoarding gold. While we’re not out of the woods yet, the precious-metals panic has thankfully passed—and now we can go back to appreciating a little bling as an accent, not an investment strategy. Messrs. Dolce [...]