After their boneheaded and offensive comments about non-traditional families, noted homosexuals Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana found themselves swirling in the middle of a shitstorm. In the aftermath, they have settled into an awkward silence, perhaps because they know they have marketed around and profited from the kind of life they now denounce.
The former couple has a history of depicting non-traditional families in their advertising — whether they intended to or not. Below, a few of the times D&G put the “hip” in hypocrite.
That time these sapphic sisters did it for themselves.
That time these dapper dudes got hitched.
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That time they caught these two willowy gals in flagrante delicto.
That time Tony Ward was an adorable single dad just trying to raise five sons by himself, the premise of which later became a failed Ryan Murphy pilot.
That intimate moment between these two lovers.
That time they used Madonna in an ad campaign a few years after her adoption of young David Banda.
Oh, and that time they considered being a non-traditional family. Translation of the headline: “The Desire to Be Fathers.”
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Harley
Why D&G doesn’t just have a press conference and apologize formally for the bone headed comments they made in the interview is beyond me. It would put a stop to all the negative press and boycott threats. Unless of course if NOM and FRC isn’t trying to court them right now in order to fund raise more effectively.
Realitycheck
Quickly some one call Webster!!! A new word, Shitstorm….
@Harley:
Because they are arrogant, most people in their position, money, fame etc…
are surrounded by yes people and loose touch with reality.
They will only understand if sales go down significantly and as much as I
would like to se that, I doubt it.
Realitycheck
By the way all those pictures have been misrepresented by Queerty,
it is about sexual images to sell fashion, but hardly gay in the way they are described.
We are dealing with Fashion advertising and a different culture and way of
thinking from the USA.
Xzamilio
@Realitycheck: And yet the same vile garbage about “traditional families” that you hear from the fundamentalist right in this country… the thinking isn’t that foreign or different. But I do agree with you about the imagery, although the hypocrisy is still apparent.
jwtraveler
The D & G comment was about gay couples having children. Only one of those 7 photos shows a gay couple with children: the one where they appear on the Vanity Fair cover. The Tony Ward and Madonna ads show a single adult with children with no implication of sexuality or marital status.
I can’t read Italian, but the Vanity Fair cover does seem to indicate hypocrisy, or a change of heart from then till now.
throwslikeagirl
I’m bothered by the “synthetic” baby comment. That’s not just LBGT-related and is crass and insensitive. I agree with Madonna and others about this.
jason smeds
Dolce & Gabbana’s depiction of lesbians seems to be based on the straight porn fantasy where the women all have long flowing hair designed to turn on straight guys. Pathetic.
You have to ask whether Dolce & Gabbana have ever been serious about gay rights or whether they are simply pandering to various interest groups, particularly straight guys. A great big “f@#k you” to both D & G.
Realitycheck
@Xzamilio:
True things like hate, any gay and discrimination are international.
I just find it so frustrating to see 2 gay man behaving this way with
their head up their ass.