More than 2 years later, D&G sues bloggers who criticised 2018 infamous chopsticks ads Details 08 March 2021
Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana (D&G)is reportedly suing two US bloggers behind the Instagram account @diet prada. Citing Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, which is aiding the sued bloggers, Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported that the fashion house is seeking damages amounting to more than US$590 million. Scafidi said D&G is seeking a compensation of US$5.3 million to restore brand image since 2018, and damages of US$3.5 million for the company, as well as US$1.1 million for its co-founder Stefano Gabbana.
Prada drops Chinese brand ambassador following surrogacy controversy Details 21 January 2021
Prada has cut ties with Chinese actress Zheng Shuang after the latter was recently embroiled in a surrogacy controversy. The Italian luxury fashion house announced on Weibo that it has terminated all partnerships with Zheng Shuang but did not provide additional details. According to Reuters, the move comes one week after Zheng was appointed as brand ambassador.
Zheng was accused by her former partner, Zhang Heng, for attempting to abandon the two young children who the couple conceived via a surrogate in the US. According to Reuters, Zhang alleged that Zheng lamented that the children could not be aborted and he was eventually stranded in the US as he had to care for the two children who were born in 2019 and 2020. It is becoming a common trend for Chinese couples to have surrogate children in countries such as the US since surrogacy is banned