Dolce & Gabbana to return Milan award

They may have just been acquitted for tax evasion, however Italian design duo Dolce & Gabbana have not left on great terms with the local government.

In the aftermath of the proceedings the designers are to return an award given to them bythe city of Milan just days after they were cleared of tax evasion by the Italian Court of Justice.

Stefano Gabbana wrote on Twitter that they would return the City of Milan's Ambrogino gold medal, with the long-running court case having caused bad disputes with at least one city councillor who had accused them of being “notorious tax evaders”, Ansa reported.

The award was given to the pair in 2009.