milano&fashion the story behind dolce&gabbana: sensual sartorial sicilian  the three laws that govern their lives are sicilian, tailor-made and sensual. domenico dolce and stefano gabbana, ex-wonder boys of fashion, today are considered one of the industry's longest-lasting success stories. at the begining though it wasn't all wine and roses, they had to work hard for the first important brakes. "it was anything but simple,” sighs domenico. “we had our success at the fashion week presentation, but now we were flat broke. we had invested everything in it, and afterwards we couldn’t find anybody willing to produce us. nobody! for two and half months we went around knocking on every door we could find, but it was all in vain. nothing. we had an assistant, and we had to send him away. we had a little piggybank full of our savings, and we had to break it open <br>in a short while they were noticed by another famous italian; luise veronica ciccone, better known as madonna. from then on things became a bit easier for domenico and stefano. <br>follow the whole story from hungry young men to world famous stylists and an immensely succesful global label.