Thursday's D&G catwalk show, right, was as ever a carnival parade of bouncy, youthful glamour. D&G is the younger sister label to designer bags for less , and the D&G aesthetic has always appeared to be aimed at a woman with the taste of a cheerleader and the bank balance of a CEO.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Milan fashion week's kings of bling, can make anything look glamorous – even the usually rather downbeat business of closing a 26-year-old fashion label of silk carf .