Dolce & Gabbana ponovno u problemima i, iskreno, nismo iznenađeni

Talijanski modni dvojac Dolce & Gabbana uspio se ponovno naći na udaru javnosti uoči modne revije koja se ove srijede trebala održati u Šangaju

Dizajnerima Domenicu Dolce i Stefanu Gabbani kontroverze nisu nimalo strane, a redovito ih izazivaju svojim komentarima na društvenim mrežama, poput onog da je pjevačica Selena Gomez 'ružna' ili da vjenčanica talijanske trendseterice Chiare Ferragni izgleda 'jeftino'.

Dolce & Gabbana kolekcija jesen/zima 2018. Izvor: Profimedia / Autor: Profimedia

Uoči spektakularne modne revije koja se ove srijede trebala održati u Šangaju, modni dvojac objavio je video na Weibu, najvećoj kineskoj društvenoj mreži i na Instagramu u kojem kineski model pokušava jesti tradicionalne talijanske specijalitete sa štapićima, uz kineskog naratora koji seksualno insinuira da je hrana 'prevelika za nju'. Sporni video u manje od 24 sata maknut je s društvenih mreža nakon mnoštva komentara javnosti kojima talijanski modni dvojac optužuju za rasizam.

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#DGlovesChina ? More like #DGdesperateforthatChineseRMB lol. In a bid to further appeal to luxury's covetable Chinese consumers, @dolcegabbana released some hella offensive “instructional” videos on the usage of chopsticks. Pandering at it's finest, but taken up a notch by painting their target demographic as a tired and false stereotype of a people lacking refinement/culture to understand how to eat foreign foods and an over-the-top embellishment of cliché ambient music, comical pronunciations of foreign names/words, and Chinese subtitles (English added by us), which begs the question—who is this video actually for? It attempts to target China, but instead mocks them with a parodied vision of what modern China is not...a gag for amusement. Dolce & Gabbana have already removed the videos from their Chinese social media channels, but not Instagram. Stefano Gabbana has been on a much-needed social media cleanse (up until November 2nd), so maybe he kept himself busy by meddling with the marketing department for this series. Who wants to bet the XL cannoli “size” innuendos were his idea? Lmao. • #dolceandgabbana #altamoda #rtw #dgmillennials #stefanogabbana #shanghai #chinese #italian #cannoli #meme #wtf #dumb #lame #chopsticks #foodie #tutorial #cuisine #italianfood #asianmodel #asian #chinesefood #dietprada

Objavu dijeli Diet Prada ™ (@diet_prada) Stu 19, 2018 u 6:39 PST

Poznati modni profil na Instagramu, Diet Prada, objavio je seriju screenshotova razgovora između dizajnera Gabbane i anonimnog korisnika Instagrama u kojim brani sporni video nazvavši ga 'posvetom Kini', označavajući optužbe za rasizam 'lažnim'. Gabbana je u razgovoru s Instagram korisnikom otišao korak dalje nazvavši žitelje Kine 'Neukom, prljavom i smrdljivom mafijom' koja jede pse.

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As @dolcegabbana prepares to mount their next runway show in Shanghai this coming evening (7:30PM) and the rest of Instagram fawns over what’s sure to be an overly lavish “love letter” to China, we’ll be wondering if we’ll see chopsticks as hair ornaments, take-out boxes as purses, or even kimonos misappropriated as Chinese costume. Time will tell. For now, we’ll let y’all simmer on this DM between Stefano and Dieter @michaelatranova (chronology is reversed in slides). Word has it that they’re still in the process of model casting (over 200 Asian girls scheduled)...wouldn’t let them walk the show if we were their agents lol. Also, curious what the Chinese government will think of their country being called shit basically...especially considering how strict they are on who to allow to enter the country on work visas based on a thorough social media background checks. • #DGTheGreatShow #DGlovesChina #runway #fashionshow #cancelled #racism #dolceandgabbana #altamoda #rtw #dgmillennials #stefanogabbana #shanghai #chinese #china #wtf #dumb #lame #asianmodel #asian #dietprada

Objavu dijeli Diet Prada ™ (@diet_prada) Stu 20, 2018 u 7:05 PST

Na objavljenu prepisku koja je dodatno šokirala javnost, Gabbana je odlučio reagirati objavom Instagram storyja navodeći kako je njegov profil na društvenoj mreži hakiran te kako nije poslao navedene poruke nakon čega je vlastiti profil odlučio potpuno ugasiti.

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Objavu dijeli Diet Prada ™ (@diet_prada) Stu 20, 2018 u 11:01 PST

Na službenom Instagram profilu brenda D&G osvanula je poruka sljedećeg sadržaja: 'Naš je Instagram profil bio hakiran, kao i onaj Stefana Gabbane. Naš pravni ured trenutno radi na istrazi. Ispričavamo se zbog bilo kakvih nevolja uzrokovanih neovlaštenim postovima, komentarima i izravnim porukama. Ne gajimo ništa osim poštovanja prema Kini i njezinim ljudima'.