Saturday 20 July 2013

The Hotheads

The Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana closed its doors in Milan for the weekend. Nine Dolce & Gabbana stores are closed as a protest towards the city.

The owners and heads of the brand, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, were convicted for tax evasion in June and are pissed off about being "pilloried" for it. They both think their convict was unfair and are going to appeal about it.

Milan's Commerce Councillor Franco D'Alfonso told the media this week that he can't value the kind of well-known public figures that have evaded taxes in the current economy crisis. His implementations of disgust towards such reckless behaviour pissed off Dolce & Gabbana's headmen. Their annoyment lead to angry twitter messages critisizing Milano, to which D'Alfonso reacted by arguing back.

The Dolce & Gabbana protest reminds a child's tantrum and certainly doesn't encourage trust in their brand or its ethics. It's not very responsible to pick up such a fight and protest like that when you've been convicted for tax evasion. Domenico & Stefano, you should just accept it that you did something wrong.

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