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"   Photo: Getty Images  It&amp;#039;s been an interesting year for Dolce &amp;amp;amp; Gabbana. The brand&amp;#039;s produced one successful collection after another\u2014including one of the most photographed\u2014but its designers, Domenico and Stefano, were sued for tax evasion. They shuttered their D&amp;amp;amp;G collection, not because it wasn&amp;#039;t profitable but so that they could focus on their mainline, while most designers are scrambling to add contemporary lines to their portfolios. They talked to WWD about their 2011; we&amp;#039;ve highlighted the most interesting points below\u2014and don&amp;#039;t hold your breath for a high street collaboration. On closing D&amp;amp;amp;G: &amp;quot;To have a stronger brand, it must be one and the focus must be on that alone. Yes, some may think it&amp;#039;s a brave decision, but it came naturally to us, and we had been thinking about it for the past three years.&amp;quot; On the possibility of couture: &amp;quot;No, not really. We just launched a jewelry line, and there are other products in the pipeline: a project we will present by March or April, and many with [beauty licensee] Procter &amp;amp;amp; Gamble for example, and much more...but I can&amp;#039;t say anything now.&amp;quot; On youth: &amp;quot;We have young assistants in their 20s, we toss them in the midst and they help show a different point of view. It&amp;#039;s the ingenuity or &amp;quot;ignorance&amp;quot; of youth that should be heeded in every field because it helps you see things in a different light. We always ask young people for their opinion. It&amp;#039;s very important.&amp;quot; On elegance: &amp;quot;Recently, it&amp;#039;s all &amp;quot;trusciume&amp;quot; [in Sicilian, cheap, trashy] \u2014 there&amp;#039;s no quality, these fast-fashion companies churning out looks. People thought it was cool, but it&amp;#039;s cheap. You can&amp;#039;t expect quality at 20 euros [$27]. It&amp;#039;s like good codfish at 5 euros [$6.70] \u2014 how can it be? But it&amp;#039;s not a matter of price. Elegance is intellectual; it&amp;#039;s about good taste, the cut, proportions, quality, how you carry yourself.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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