Gabbana's Love Letter To Dolce

It will be 30 years next year since Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana started their eponymous label, but as Gabbana proved this week by penning an open love letter to Dolce, the love between the two men is still going strong.

"Dear Domenico, I have never written you a letter before. Perhaps because between us there has never been a need for many words," the letter reads. "A glance has always been enough for us to understand each other. This is the first time that I have ever written to you, and I must confess, it all seems quite strange to me."

Gabbana penned the letter, which was then published in Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, as a part of The Festival of Letters that is currently taking place in Milan, in the same week that Dolce & Gabbana will show its spring/summer 2015 collection during the city's fashion week.

Love Letter

"When we are interviewed, our comments blend quickly in a play of continuous comings and goings: I start a topic and you bring it to its conclusion, you are about to finish a thought and I interrupt, I repeat and I conclude your initial idea," the letter continued. "With pen and paper, everything is different: the words are more difficult, they have a deeper value, one which remains unique, as unique as you are and as you will always be for me. We have created Dolce & Gabbana together from nothing, and with the power of our love we have achieved all that we have. By supporting each other we have been able to overcome many difficulties and many prejudices. And even today, thanks to the emotions that bind us inextricably to each other, we continue to face together the joys and sorrows that life holds for us. You are my family."

Domenico & Stefano

The men, who have not been romantically involved with one another for some time, have weathered the good times and the bad together - most recently the tax evasion case that found the pair guilty for the second time (they are in the process of appealing again.)

"Many years have passed since I first heard your voice on the other end of the phone; everything and yet nothing has changed. The love I felt then has only transformed, continuing to fill me with wonderful emotions. You are unique and you remain so in my life, just as this letter which I now write will also remain unique. I love you, Stefano," it concludes.