Why Dolce & Gabbana’s founders are laughing at their haters

NY Post ^ | 9/22/2018 | Merle Ginsberg

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Dolce & Gabbana’s runway show at Milan Fashion Week has long been a hot ticket. After all, the brand is known for dressing the world’s sexiest women: Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson, Beyoncé. Just don’t expect to see Selena Gomez at Sunday’s event.

In June, the blog Catwalk Italia posted on its Instagram account a collage of Gomez in five red dresses — including a Dolce & Gabbana frock from 2011 — prompting designer Stefano Gabbana to post in the comments: “È proprio brutta!!!” Translation? “She’s really ugly.”

Among those who rushed to Gomez’s defense was Miley Cyrus, who wrote that Gabbana’s comment was “bulls—t,” while thousands of others demanded the designer apologize.

Instead, Gabbana, 55, posted on his own account (which does not allow followers to comment) the crying-laughing emoji and “MY NAME IS SELENA!!! #saysorrytome,” and “Omfg #pleasesaysorrytoselena.”

In an era when many celebrities take back their words once the Internet cries foul, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana don’t care what the haters think.

They (especially Gabbana) call them as they see them, unabashedly dissing fashion-forward women such as Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham. The duo also sticks to their religious, political and cultural guns — speaking out against gay adoption and gleefully supporting Melania Trump — which has prompted countless boycotts of the brand.

But all that negative publicity might just be good for

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Stefano Gabbana and Melania

[Mozzafiato]

I love these guys...they go right back at the PC leftists and are funny as heck.

[TChad]

For awhile they were running a “Boycott Dolce & Gabbana!” campaign. Trolling for fun and profit.