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HISTORY IN THE MAKING

Sitting in the Palazzo Litta in Milan, awaiting the first of some 200 one-of-a-kind looks that would represent Dolce & Gabbana’s latest Alta Moda and Alta Sartoria collections, the audience lining the internal perimeter of the rose-filled palazzo could have been said to have been viewing this most extravagant and opulent of collections with a certain nervous curiosity.

The venue — the original nucleus was built between 1642 and 1648 by Francesco Maria Richini for Count Bartolomeo Arese, president of the municipal senate and member of one of the most influential

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