Dolce and Gabbana (pronounced “Dol-che Gabb-an-a”) is a high-end fashion house started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce, born near Palermo, Sicily, and Stefano Gabbana, born in Milan, Italy. Dolce & Gabbana are very popular for their designs in the Hollywood industry; they have designed clothes for Madonna, Monica Bellucci, Ayumi Hamasaki, Isabella Rossellini and Kylie Minogue amongst others. The company is based in Milan

The House of Gucci, better known as simply Gucci, is an Italian iconic fashion and leather goods label.

Hugo Boss AG is a fashion house based in Germany, which specializes in high-end and casual menswear and womenswear. It is named after its founder, Hugo Boss

Retailer Ron Herman and his flagship store at 8100 Melrose Ave. were early pioneers of the oft co-opted “denim bar” concept of retailing: stocking a mind-boggling number of brands floor to ceiling and separating them from the customer by a wooden counter to create a sort of sartorial saloon atmosphere. This merchandising technique, which treats denim with the same sort of retail reverence reserved for expensive jewelry (and seemingly justifies the higher price tag), is now commonplace around the globe.

Prada, S.p.A. is an Italian fashion company (also known as a “label” or “house”) with retail outlets worldwide. The company, originally known in Italy as (“Prada Brothers”), was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada in Milan