Four years ago, Italian billionaire designer Stefano Gabbana described the Kardashians as “the cheapest people in the world,” but over the weekend his Dolce & Gabbana label took advantage of advertising as an unofficial first-family team. of the latest reality television. spectacular wedding.
Kourtney Kardashian married drummer Travis Barker in Portofino, Italy, wearing a satin mini dress with one of the brand’s corsets, while managing mother Kris and sisters Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie wore during the parties with a variety of animal prints, religious. motifs and logos DG.
“Kravis” married Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker to Dolce & Gabbana at their Italian wedding. Credit: Ellen von Unwerth via @kourtneykardashian / Instagram
The “cheapest people in the world” seemed expensive, but with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana arranging the wedding on their estate, Villa Olivetta, and the abundant social media coverage, it’s easy to assume that the Kardashians didn’t have to open your home. Wide D&G wallets.
The heart changes are easy to understand, just ask Kim Kardashian, who has been married three times and is currently dating SNL comic Pete Davidson, but Gabbana’s face could have more to do with the problematic brand reputation than with love.
Since 2018, Dolce & Gabbana has gone out of a fashion blacklist after short films of the label with a Chinese model eating spaghetti, pizza and cannoli with chopsticks, which was widely perceived as racist.
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“We used these little stick-like things to eat our big pizza margherita,” the voice-over announced as a Chinese model covered her face and laughed. The leaked racist comments on Gabbana’s Instagram account fueled growing reaction, with the designer claiming that his account was hacked when it was made public on the account of Diet Prada, the fashion watchdog. It was Diet Prada who also said that Gabbana had allegedly commented on a picture of the Kardashians: “The cheapest people in the world.”
Dolce & Gabbana were forced to cancel a catwalk event in Shanghai, their clothes were removed from the Chinese site of Net-a-Porter and they faced protests from Chinese customers, including the director and writer Xiang Kai, who burned a designer worth $ 20,000 ($ 28,215). products, such as the #BoicotDolceGabbana took off.
Both designers, Gabbana and Domenico Dolce, apologized in 2018. “We have always loved China with passion, and our countless visits to China have made us love its culture even more. Of course, we still have a long way to go. As for our previous transgressions, we must apologize. “