Dolce & Gabbana have been the talk of Milan Fashion Week which wrapped up yesterday.

Dolce & Gabbana’s Fall/Winter 2010 collection was the 50th fashion collection for the design pair. This is also their 25th year showing at Milan Fashion Week and the show celebrated this incredible feat.

The designers stayed true to their traditional looks of black, silk, and lace with a smattering of their signature leopard animal prints. The first part of the collection showed fitted jackets with sexy and very short lacy skirts. Followed with an homage to Chanel with Chanel style suits and continued the lady like fashion trend for fall echoed by other designers with demure fitted over the knee polka dot dresses.

Take a look at the video here:

[Photo via Steffano Gabbana]

When we look back at the 2009 fashion trends, daytime sequins were definitely a stand out trend.

Everyone and everything was sparkling with sequins throughout 2009. Tops, skirts and even our handbags and accessories were adorned with something that shimmers. As we pass through the holiday season, we are seeing no end to the sequined fashion trend. All major designers showed sequins and other embellishments for this season and for spring 2010 including Pink Tartan, Dolce & Gabbana and Prada.

At Real Style Network we like to bring real fashion choices our readers can wear for work, daytime and evening. So we chose some subtle and wearable pieces that can definitely provide a stylish update to your wardrobe.

Wear this Jucca Cardigan ($98.00) and a skirt for an instant touch of fashion. Pair it with a belted sheath dress and you have an instant after 5 look.

The Monte Carlo Tank ($94.80) is a great daytime sequins look combining the nautical stripe trend with daytime sequins. A fun youthful look will work with jeans and shorts as well as with a pencil skirt for evening.

This empire waisted Betsey Johnson Dress ($470.00) is perfect for any evening and brings the girly girl touch so prevalent in all the designer collections.

It’s a little early for spring cleaning, but Lindsay Lohan has decided to sell her clothes on her family website, www.LohanHouse.com.

There have been rumours that the actress needs money for a long time, but so far there is no real explanation as to why Lindsay has decided to empty out her closet to the public. Lindsay was recently in India making a documentary with the BBC, so maybe she was affected by the culture there and wanted to purge.

They also say the money is going to charity, but which charity is unknown.

Up right now, the sale includes two pairs of cute suede Marc Jacobs boots for $400.00, a pair of bright blue Dolce & Gabbana sandals for $195.00, a Zac Posen t-shirt for only $35.00 and a $50.00 pair of pajamas, among other designer pieces.

You can also get stuff from Lindsay’s sister Ali and her brother Michael Jr. who are joining in the fun. Ali has some great pieces available from Chloe and DSquared.

So the real question is would you want to own Lindsay Lohan’s old clothes?

The New York Post announced that V Magazine will be featuring plus-size models for its January issue.

Their shoot will include Crystal Renn, the world’s highest paid plus sized model. She has appeared in ads for Dolce & Gabbana and walked for Jean Paul Gaultier all at a healthy 165 lbs. Renn also wrote a book called Hungry about her days as a size 0 model with an eating disorder.

Rumour has it that the V shoots will be both clothed and nude. Photographers for the V Magazine plus-size spread are said to include Terry Richardson, Bruce Weber and Karl Lagerfeld. If Karl is really a part of this shoot this might signify a change of heart for the designer who previously said “no one wants to see round women.”

Glamour magazine also featured plus-size models recently. A number of plus-size models stripped down to bare all in the November issue of Glamour.

At Real Style, we are glad to see these magazines honouring women of all sizes. As the editor of V Magazine said “Big, little, pint-size, plus-size — every body is beautiful. And this issue is out to prove it.”

We’ve reported previously about fashion industry embracing the web and that includes a new recognition of fashion bloggers. This in depth story from Reuters examines the background for the phenomenon.

According to Reuters  the “allure” of the web for designers is due to social networks providing  free publicity and advertising and helping to build the brand relationship directly with the consumer .

Reuter says: “Fashion brands, increasingly aware of the power of bloggers, are making room for them in their front-row seats to try to grab consumers before they visit their stores.

For years, traditional houses have shunned the Internet, seeing it mostly as a place for those in search of bargains.

But as younger buyers and working women are set to replace aging customers as the main luxury consumers, the Web and its social networking sites represent strong prospects for growth.

In the September fashion week run, such design houses as Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana and Alexander McQueen, streamed their catwalk shows on the Internet.”

They also say: ” ‘In five years, 30 percent of (fashion) goods will be sold on the Internet in America,” Prada Chief Executive Patrizio Bertelli was quoted in Italian newspapers as saying, without giving a comparative figure.

When Italian online fashion retailer Yoox launched in 2000, there was a lot of “skepticism about the Internet in general and online sales,” founder and Chief Executive Federico Marchetti told Reuters.”

As fashion bloggers, we are thrilled with the development of this new phenomenon . We have been honoured to be front and centre during this past season fashion weeks and are excited for the future interviews and designer collection profiles. Check out our coverage of LG Fashion Week here, here and here.

Less than a week after Louis Vuitton announced that they have dropped Madonna from their Spring/Summer 2010 campaign, the Queen of Pop has a new job.

According to People Magazine, Madonna will be the face of the Spring/Summer 2010 campaign for Dolce & Gabbana. The line features androgynous suits, lace and lots of corsets; All silhouettes that are second nature to Madonna.

Madonna has a long history with D&G. They designed the costumes for her The Girlie Show tour back in 1993 and then again for her Sweet and Sticky tour in 2008.

In the Dolce & Gabbana magazine, Swide, Dominico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana say “To have Madonna in our campaign is a dream come true.”

The ads were shot on Friday in New York by photographer Steven Klein.