(FILES) Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce (L) and Stefano Gabbana acknowledge the applause after presenting their Dolce & Gabbana 2008 spring/summer men’s collection at Milan’s fashion week, 23 June 2007. One of the co-founders of Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana, Stefano Gabbana, has stepped down as chairman but remains in his creative capacity, the company said on April 10, 2026. D&G said that Gabbana, 63, had resigned from his corporate positions as of January 1 “as part of a natural process of organizational and governance evolution”. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)