Family comes first. Harry Styles returned to England to spend the holidays with mom Anne Twist and sister Gemma more than a month after his split from Olivia Wilde.
23.12.2022 - 03:39 / perezhilton.com
Just weeks after Balenciaga came under fire for its inappropriate BDSM teddy bear ad campaign, another high-end fashion brand is facing heat over a promotional image featuring Harry Styles!
Last week, Gucci shared some pictures – shot by photographer Mark Borthwick – on Instagram of the 28-year-old singer wearing a shirt with a pink teddy bear and a lyric from his popular track Watermelon Sugar on it, “I want more berries and that summer feeling.” He also could be seen posing with what appears to be a, well… child-sized mattress propped up against the wall behind him in one shot, and holding it under his arm in several others. Check it out (below):
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Gucci shared on its website that the campaign stemmed from Harry’s friendship with former creative director Alessandro Michele, adding:
However, some social media users didn’t see the campaign images as eccentric so much as… off-putting in the wake of Balenciaga. They quickly stormed the comments section of the Instagram post to blast Gucci for the ad, writing:
Even Alexandra Gucci Zarini, whose great-grandfather was the founder of Gucci, called out the ad campaign! She wrote on Instagram:
Eep!
She then added in a follow-up post:
What she was referring to was the fact Gucci is owned by Kering — the same parent company that owns Balenciaga. And as you know, the brand was slammed last month for sexualizing children in ads that saw them holding teddy bear purses in BDSM gear. Then, another showed legal documents about a Supreme Court case involving child pornography. In response to the backlash, Balenciaga issued a lengthy statement about the matter,
Family comes first. Harry Styles returned to England to spend the holidays with mom Anne Twist and sister Gemma more than a month after his split from Olivia Wilde.
and made plenty of headlines over the course of their on-set romance. The pair met on the set of Wilde's film in October 2020 after the “As It Was” singer was brought in to replace Shia LaBeouf as the lead actor opposite Florence Pugh. According to multiple sources, their relationship quickly turned “romantic” and the rest is history. Nearly two years later, the couple is “taking a break,” but the decision may not have been as mutual as first reported.
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Well, well, well, you learn something new every day!
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