Sir Elton John with his husband David Finnish and their children Elijah and Zachary
The singer has
called for a boycott of fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana
after they dismissed children born via IVF as 'synthetic'.
Sir Elton, who has
two sons with his husband with the help of a surrogate and artificial
insemination, has joined a campaign to snub the D&G brand after the
Italians called such children 'chemical' offspring.
Posting a picture of
the designers – who were a couple for 23 years – on photo sharing website
Instagram yesterday, Sir Elton wrote: 'How dare you refer to my beautiful
children as "synthetic".
'And shame on you
for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF – a miracle that has allowed
legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfil their dream of
having children.
'Your archaic
thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never
wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana.'
His comments came
after Mr Dolce told Italian magazine Panorama that procreation 'should be an
act of love', adding: 'You are born and you have a father and mother. At least
it should be like that. That's why I'm not convinced by what I call chemical
children, synthetic babies.
'They are wombs
for hire, semen chosen from a catalogue. And then you have to explain to these
children who their mother is.'
Asked whether he
wanted to be a father, Mr Dolce said: 'I am gay. I cannot have a child. I don't
believe that you can have everything in life.' Mr Gabbana added: 'The family is
not a fad. It is a supernatural sense of belonging.'
Stefano Gabbana, left, and Domenico Dolce some of the most powerful designers in the world
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