Dolce & Gabbana (D&G) is on a mission to become the number-one luxury fashion house operating within the beauty sector, planning to grow the retail value of its Beauty Division from €1bn to €3bn (US$3.3bn) by 2026.
This innovation strategy includes new female fragrance pillars, a debut into skin care and the launch of dedicated beauty spaces within existing retail boutiques.
Plus, a complete overhaul of its make-up offering to seamlessly blend the brand's fashion identity with the latest cosmetics trends and high-quality Italian ingredients.
D&G's new Boundless Beauty Makeup Collection (campaign image pictured above) launches on 8 July, with products split between four key looks – Fresh, Classic, Flawless and Bold – in packaging which embodies the company's new codes.
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“My goal is very humble – I want professional immortality,” says Gianluca Toniolo, CEO of D&G Beauty. “My role is to translate Stefano and Domenico’s [the founders of D&G] ideas into concrete projects that better represent the brand in the beauty category.
“I want everyone in the industry to remember when D&G Beauty decided to branch out from the norm, and who the leader of that successful project was.”
To kick off this new era, D&G unveiled in 2022 that it would be bringing the development, manufacturing and operations of its Beauty Division in-house to its Milan headquarters – the first time the company has done so in its 39-year history.
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This signalled the end of its licensing model with Japanese beauty group Shiseido – which had manufactured and sold its branded perfume and cosmetics since 2016 – after it failed to make the mark in the category D&G wanted.
“Valued at €1bn, beauty is not a small category for us,” says Toniolo. “We were the first Italian fashion brand to
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