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Italian luxury brand finally apologizes for 'IVF interview' outburst

Domenico Dolce of Dolce & Gabbana apologizes for his raved IVF interview...

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana

Domenico Dolce of Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana has finally apologized for his ''.

The designer got into trouble with celebrities when in March he granted an interview in Italian Magazine; Panorama speaking boldly against In-vitro fertilization (IVF), according to him then, kids born through IVF are "children of chemistry, synthetic children. Uteruses for rent, semen chosen form a catalog. You are born to a mother and a father. Or at least that's how it should be"

The interview quickly went viral with big names including Sir Elton John leading a campaign to boycott the brand on Instagram, the designers later clarified but never apologised for the interview.

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But in a recent interview with Vogue, Domenico Dolce finally offered an apology, he told Vogue, "I’ve done some soul-searching. I’ve talked to Stefano [Gabbana] a lot about this. I’ve realized that my words were inappropriate, and I apologize. They are just kids".

In their Spring and Fall 2015 campaigns, the brand cast young models as well as aged models to reiterate their love for family, they also dedicated their Fall 2015 runway show to mothers and a multigenerational family as a whole.

Read the full interview here : http://www.vogue.com/13292160/dolce-and-gabbana-synthetic-babies-apology/

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