Style Zuo Ye, the Chinese model that the leading role in the racist campaign of Dolce & Gabbana, has in a blog post for the first time responded to the whole brouhaha. According to her, not only has the fashion house itself suffering under the racismerel, they also are experiencing a lot of discomfort caused by.
in short: for who does not is with the rel: the Italian fashion house had a video campaign launched in which a Chinese model, Zuo Ye, typical Italian dishes like spaghetti and pizza with chopsticks trying to eat. According to Chinese it would thus mock customs and traditions of the country. The campaign was labeled as racist and insensitive and also quickly taken offline.
But that was it. The controversy was additional fueled when Instagramaccount Diet Prada screenshots leaked of a discussion on Instagram between one of the designers Stefano Gabbana and a follower in which he mercilessly hard and racist out to China. The brand later claimed that their account is hacked, and they excuseerden in a statement, and then in a video.
The fashion house cancelled then hastily their fashion show in Shanghai, but the damage had already been done. First decided to large Chinese webshops as Koala, JD.com and Tmak, part of internetreus Alibaba, to all D&G products offline. Then, following the great Us players Net-a-porter, Yoox.com and Mr Porter and the Asian luxeketen Lane Crawford. On Chinese socialemediaplatformen also circulate a lot of videos of people who make their clothes of the brand in fire, or in patches cracks.
Dredging
For the first time since the whole hoopla speaks to the model that the key role played in the campaign is now also out of the question. In a blog post on the Chinese platform Weibo writes Zuo Ye that is a lot of crap about herself and even her friends and family harassed. On social media, but also via telephone, according to the model.
Her own words-told that it is a funny commercial would go, but that turned different. She tells them that they also during the recordings already badly felt, “because I never onrespectvols would do compared to my homeland”. With her blog post, she wants to apologize to her countrymen.
“I love China and I am proud that the country worldwide and can represent on the catwalk. I thought my career just got a boost gave by working with such a great fashion house, while my career just almost broken it.”
