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D&GAF: Dolce and Gabbana’s problematic behavior catches up with them
Apparently, Dolce and Gabbana like to offend people. We all remember when Stefano Gabbana got caught cheesing with his blackface wearing friend, Dell’Acqua at that Disco Africa Halloween party only a few short years ago.
Recently, D&G have offended another group, namely The Chinese. Over the past several days, the Italian fashion luxury brand has been trying to clean up a crisis caused by a tasteless and tacky ad campaign that critics called “disrespectful and racist.”
It’s also reeling from offensive comments allegedly sent from co-founder Stefano Gabbana’s personal Instagram account. The Italian designer has denied writing the messages. The ad, which featured an Asian model struggling to eat Italian food with chopsticks forced the brand to cancel their major fashion show in Shanghai, which ironically the ad was designed to promote.
What is worse is that when further questioned about their thoughts on the issue over Instagram DM, designer…
