| 100% | DOLCE | 5 | Domenico —, Italian fashion designer associated with Stefano Gabbana |
| 44% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | Fashion designer associated with the item spelled out by the starts of 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 39% | EMILIOPUCCI | 11 | Italian fashion designer |
| 39% | VALENTINO | 9 | Italian fashion designer |
| 39% | ARMANI | 6 | Italian fashion designer Giorgio |
| 39% | ARMANI | 6 | Italian fashion designer Giorgio ___ |
| 38% | VERSACE | 7 | Donatella __, Italian fashion designer |
| 38% | GIORGIO | 7 | __ Armani, Italian fashion designer |
| 38% | ELSA | 4 | ___ Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer |
| 37% | GABBANA | 7 | Dolce & __, Italian fashion designers |
| 37% | VERSACE | 7 | Italian fashion designer murdered in Miami Beach |
| 37% | DONATELLA | 9 | __ Versace, Italian fashion designer (female) |
| 36% | VERSACE | 7 | 1997 murder victim: Italian fashion designer __ |
| 36% | VERSACE | 7 | Gianni __, was a top Italian fashion designer |
| 35% | SCHIAPARELLI | 12 | Elsa —, Italian fashion designer who died in 1973 |
| 35% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | Fashion designer with a signature scent |
| 35% | VALENTINO | 9 | Fashion designer Garavani with RED line |
| 35% | MARCECKO | 8 | Fashion designer with the book Unlabel |
| 35% | MOSCHINO | 8 | Italian fashion house with Love __ brand |
| 34% | LACOSTE | 7 | Fashion brand associated with tennis, gator logo |
| 34% | CALVIN | 6 | Fashion designer Klein with the fragrance Obsession |
| 34% | FENDI | 5 | Italian fashion house with a famous Baguette bag |
| 34% | NEON | 4 | Adjective associated with some 1980s fashion |
| 34% | CASANOVA | 8 | Italian last name associated with womanizing |
| 34% | LAGERFELD | 9 | Karl __, German fashion designer with sunglasses |
| 33% | VERSACE | 7 | Gianni —, Italian fashion designer shot dead in Florida, US in 1997 |
| 33% | VERSACE | 7 | Gianni —, Italian fashion designer shot dead in Florida, US, in 1997 |
| 33% | NUDIE | 5 | Fashion designer Cohn with an eponymous rhinestone-encrusted suit |
| 33% | ARMANI | 6 | Luxury Italian fashion house with Giorgio brand |