What Elton John didn't share with Dolce and Gabbana and other epic celebrity brawls

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Of course, the personal enmity of famous people cannot pass unnoticed by journalists. An evil taunt, a careless word, and sometimes an obvious gesture of unfriendliness - all this is immediately discussed in the press, sometimes acquiring bizarre forms as a result. After all, "Star Wars" - one of the favorite topics of the secular chronicle. Today we want to recall the famous quarrels, which have acquired not just a public outcry, but have also become the subject of cartoons, Internet memes and simply, as they say, the talk of the town.

Elton John vs. Dolce and Gabbana

Well, what can embroil these prominent representatives of the LGBT community? Believe it or not - different views on homosexual marriage! Not so long ago, Italian couturiers in an interview with Panorama magazine said that in their understanding of family values, marriage should be exclusively traditional. They also talked about the complete denial of artificial insemination as contrary to the intentions of nature itself and the adoption of children by same-sex partners. Recall that in the past, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbano were lovers, and now they have maintained friendly relations.

Their beliefs do not interfere with having romances with males, but the views on marriage among these inhabitants of Catholic Italy continue to remain traditional. As a result of such a loud statement, British singer Elton John was offended. He has been living with his lover David Furnish for a long time, and was one of the first to legalize relations after the legalization of same-sex marriage in the UK. The couple turned to the services of a surrogate mother and are now raising two boys. "How dare you call my wonderful children 'synthetic'?" - the singer was indignant. He renounced his love for the work of famous fashion designers. His boycott was supported by other representatives of the British and Hollywood bohemians. So after a while Dolce still had to apologize for the inappropriate statement. Well, Sir Elton John has generously forgiven the offender.

Karl Lagerfeld vs. Adele

"You are fat!" - perhaps this is the most offensive of the possible phrases said to a woman. As the famous fashion designer later swore, he did not want to offend the popular singer Adele at all, just the journalists, as always, misinterpreted his words. Nevertheless, the singer and her many fans were offended, and Madonna defined the couturier's words as terrible and deceitful. To avoid the consequences of an already serious conflict, Karl Lagerfeld publicly obeyed and, as a gesture of reconciliation, sent Adele a collection of recently created bags. It seems that the singer appreciated the breadth of the act.

Coco Chanel vs. Elsa Schiaparelli

These two great ladies have shaped the tastes of the public of the last century. However, their approach to fashion craft was diametrically opposed. Gabrielle did not like any conventions and tried to simplify women's wardrobe items as much as possible. In her opinion, the clothes were supposed to harmoniously complement the female image, while not at all drawing attention to themselves. She was taught this by life among nuns, for whom every detail of the women's dress had an applied meaning. But the aristocrat Elsa Schiaparelli, on the contrary, turned each outfit into a work of art. Thanks to her connections in creative bohemia, Elsa widely used intricate design finds in her collections, such as bright embroidery on jackets, painting dresses with huge lobsters, or accessories in the form of parts of a human body.

Like Chanel, Schiaparelli had many celebrities of that time among clients. Therefore, it is not surprising that two such bright ladies disliked each other. Mademoiselle Coco spoke about her rival in no other way than "this Italian artist who, for some reason, deals with clothes." It is impossible to vouch for the veracity of the further story - for a hundred years, the story could be a little embellished, passing from mouth to mouth. Nevertheless, it is said that before World War II, both ladies were invited to a costume ball. Chanel came to him in one of her laconic dresses, but Schiaparelli chose a costume in the form of a surreal living tree.

Both ladies collide in a dance, Elsa, in her immense dress, falls on a candelabrum with lighted candles, and, of course, her outfit lights up. The famous "frantic Elsa" was extinguished by the whole world - the guests poured soda from their glasses on her. Subsequently, Chanel called everything a pure accident, but few people wanted to believe it. Time has set its points in this confrontation. After the war, Chanel was in exile for a long time, and only in the 60s was she reviving her business again. And Elsa Schiaparelli switched to creating stage costumes and outfits for movies.

Karl Lagerfeld vs. Yves Saint Laurent

A couple of famous designers, dictating fashion trends for the next several decades, in their relationship went through all the stages of friendship, healthy rivalry and real war. 1954 and both promising fashion designers win the Woolmark Prize in different categories. They are young, their careers are just at the beginning, and both are happy and give journalists only smiles. But their further fate develops in different ways. Hardworking and strong-willed, Karl spends hours in the studio honing his design skills, and in his free time he studies the library's numerous books. Thanks to an iron discipline, Lagerfeld slowly but surely moved towards his dream, first working in small companies, often freelancing, and then becoming the permanent creative director of Chanel. Yves Saint Laurent, already an eighteen-year-old boy, won the main design competition, a year later he was hired by Christian Dior, and then completely opened the Fashion House under his own name. Yves wins with her bright mind, fountain of incredible ideas and connections among the Parisian bohemians. The talented designer spends his free evenings among loud parties filled with alcohol, drugs and free sexual relations. It was there that he met Him - the handsome and ladies' man Jacques de Basher.

The young man charmed the shy Willow. But the whole point of the story was that two years earlier this Parisian party-goer had an affair with Karl Lagerfeld, so much so that the pragmatic Karl completely lost his head. Yes, you understood correctly - famous fashion designers have become real enemies not because of creative differences or because of the struggle for a place on the fashion pedestal, but because of banal love. However, the designers did not tell the general public about this reason, hiding their true feelings behind masks of sarcasm. Alicia Drake, who was closely acquainted with both designers, decided to tell about it. Her book A Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glamorous Excess in 1970s Paris became a scandalous bestseller, revealing the couturier's secret quarrel.