Between a Rock and a Stylish and Hard Place

The guys at Dolce & Gabbana are thinking about callin’ it quits if they have to play their tax evasion fines.

Say it isn’t so.

Bet that’s what (moneyed) fashionistas ’round the world must be crying.

Last month, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana received a suspended jail sentence of 20 months on top of an almost $450 million in fines from the Italian Tax Commission for crimes for which they were previously found culpable.

The pair is currently appealing those rulings, but the mayor of Milan has ordered them to close their nine boutiques around the world. Plus, the designers are dealing with some trademark drama with Peter Fonda as well, so, needless to say, D and G are finding themselves in quite a pickle.

“We will not be able to deal with it,” Dolce recently said. “[It’s] impossible.”

“If we deserved the sentence, there would be nothing to say,” echoed Gabbana. “[But we do not deserve it, and so unfortunately we would have to close.”

’Tis the season for change for these two, or so it seems.

Photo: ZeroHedge.com.