Dean and Dan Caten
Date Published: June 12, 2008
In what is expected to be a true highlight of the Toronto International Film Festival, world famous fashion designers Dean and Dan Caten come back to Canadian soil to present their hit DSquared² collection.
Head down to FT Headquarters on September 7 to see the catwalk and a live performance by Kreesha Turner as 299 Queen Street West transforms its parking lot into the hottest fashion event on the planet!
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DSquared² Milestones
- 1991 Arrival of Dean & Dan Caten in Italy
- 1994 Beginning of the men's footwear partnership with Galizio Torresi
- 1995 Debut of the "Homesick Canada Collection" in Milan as their first menswear collection
- 1996 Runway debut of the beloved "Napoli" collection, inspired by the Neapolitan roots of their father.
- 2000 DSquared² creates the wardrobe for Madonna's video, Don't Tell Me
- 2001 Madonna wears DSquared² for the cowboy segment of her "Drowned World Tour 2001"
- 2002 Premiere of the womenswear line during the Spring-Summer 03 Men's Collections runway shows in Milan
- 2002 Beginning of the partnership with Staff International
- 2003 Debut of the first womenswear collection, "Star 24/7"
- 2003 DSquared² provides the wardrobe to Christina Aguilera for the "Justified & Stripped Tour 2003" in which she performs with Justin Timberlake
- 2003 DSquared² wins the "La Kore" award, considered the "Oscar" of the Italian fashion world, for Best Emerging Designers.
- 2003 GQ Magazine's "Men of the Year" Award as the Best Breakthrough Design Team.
- 2003 Beginning of the women's footwear partnership with Vicini
- 2004 Design of an exclusive sneaker for the Olympic Games in Athens
- 2005 DSquared² partners with UNICEF to solicit donations for the populations stricken by the tsunami.
- 2006 DSquared² partners with "Deutsche Aids Hilfe": collects funds for AIDS victims
- 2006 Dean and Dan Caten win Spain's Aguja de Oro (Golden Needle) Award.
- 2006 Juventus Football Club selects DSquared2 to design its official uniforms
- 2007 Beginning of the women's footwear partnership with Pollini.
- 2007 Start of the fragrance and cosmetics partnership with I.T.C., leading to the launch of DSquared²'s first men's fragrance "He Wood"
- 2007 Opening of the first DSquared² mono-brand store in Milan.
