Harry Styles and Gucci called out for ‘sick’ ad campaign after Balenciaga controversy - Fox News

Harry Styles, and luxury manner marque Gucci, are taking vigor for an advertisement run featuring Styles wearing a t-shirt with a teddy carnivore connected it successful beforehand of what immoderate are alleging is simply a toddler bed. 

Critics of the run are drafting similarities to a caller arguable Balenciagia ad, which featured toddlers with teddy bears successful bondage. Both Gucci and Balenciagia are owned by the aforesaid genitor company, Kering Group. 

"A show portion starring #HarryStyles and the #GucciHAHAHA collection," the marque tweeted. 

Harry Styles often gets conversational during his concerts with fans, and was met with sheer excitement erstwhile helium addressed "spit-gate." (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Harry Styles)

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Critics instantly drew a transportation betwixt the Gucci ad, and the arguable Balenciaga campaign.

"@gucci Why would you make a ‘performance piece’ with a toddler’s mattress and an big man?" Alexandra Gucci Zarini, activistic and heiress of the Gucci family, posted connected Instagram. "My concerns are that determination seems to beryllium a communal ideology crossed Kering’s Fashion Houses."

"Gucci are having Harry Styles airs alongside a child’s mattress with a pinkish teddy carnivore shirt. Why are each manner marque advertisement makers sick creeps?" tweeted governmental commentator Sophie Cochran. 

"Why does #gucci  person Harry Styles, a grown man  posing with a child’s mattress and a pinkish teddy carnivore t shirt?  Im not loving this," tweeted Scottish TV property and writer Gillian McKeith. 

"Are you kidding me? A grown antheral with a toddler mattress?!" Sports Illustrated swimsuit exemplary Katrina Scott commented connected Gucci’s Instagram station of the ad. "What is going connected with these brands?!" 

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Harry Styles has travel nether occurrence for a caller Gucci ad, which immoderate are connecting to a arguable Balenciaga advertisement campaign. (Joseph Okpako)

Balenciagia came nether occurrence earlier this period for two abstracted advertisement campaigns. One depicted children alongside teddy bears successful bondage, and different included ineligible documents referencing a Supreme Court lawsuit astir kid pornography.

While Balenciaga apologized for the advertisement campaigns astatine the time, some Gucci and genitor institution Kering remained silent. 

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Gucci, Harry Styles and Kering did not respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.