Bella Hadid condemned luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana in a scathing post on social media.
Responding to a Instagram video shared by French fashion commentator Lyas, real name Elias Medininion Sunday, January 18, Hadid, 29, agreed that Dolce & Gabbana does not embrace an inclusive brand ethos, while adding her perspective on how the company is perceived publicly. “Shocked people are still supporting this company, it’s embarrassing,” the model wrote in the post’s comments section. “Models/stylists/casting, all of that.”
Hadid, who hasn’t walked Dolce & Gabbana runways in the past but has stepped out in several pieces produced by the brand over the years, expanded on her thoughts in a second comment to the post. “Cancelled… years of racism, sexism, bigotry, xenophobia… how are we still surprised?” she also wrote.
Us Weekly The fashion house has been contacted for comment.
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Hadid’s initial comment on the post, which saw Medini, 26, tag the label’s Milan Autumn/Winter 2026 show on Saturday 17 January “50 shades of white”, attracted more than 40,000 likes and 260 replies in the following hours.
One fan wrote in response: “OMG the QUEEN you are. POSTING your amazing career over and over again to tell the TRUTH!”, while another added: “Yes queen, it should have been canceled years ago.”
Dolce & Gabbana fashion show in Milan on January 17
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesHadid’s comments didn’t impress everyone, however, as some fashion industry insiders pointed to Dolce & Gabbana’s global stature. One person commented: “For many people in the industry, doing the show simply means being able to pay the rent, saying ‘no’ is a privilege.” Another social media user issued the warning: “Bella, be careful.”
The model, who incorporated a western theme into her ensembles during several public outings in 2025, was last seen wearing Dolce & Gabbana in October last year. Leaving New York City right before her Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Hadid wore equestrian-themed pants originally designed and released by the brand as part of its spring 2001 collection. (Kim Kardashian he later reimagined the design as part of his Dolce & Gabbana 2023 collaboration.)
In February 2025, Hadid also rocked Dolce & Gabbana heeled boots during an outing in West Hollywood, California. The footwear was part of a short-lived label launched by the fashion house and featured large butterfly motifs.
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Hadid’s public comments about the brand aren’t the first time the model has taken a swipe at a prominent fashion label. In 2019, she told the Vogue Fashion Festival in Paris that she “never felt powerful” while modeling underwear until she walked the runway at New York Fashion Week in Rihannathe previous year’s Savage X Fenty collection.
Hadid walked several catwalks in underwear for Victoria’s Secret before working with Savage X Fenty, one of which saw her accompanied by a sister and fellow model. Gigi Hadid.
Bella also spoke about her involvement in a 2024 Adidas campaign that was widely criticized for what the brand called an “unintentional” reference to the 1972 Munich Olympics. Bella said publicly after the campaign’s release: “I am shocked, upset and disappointed by the lack of sensitivity that went into this campaign. I would never engage with any art or work that is linked to a horrific tragedy of no type”.
The 1972 sporting event saw the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes, a West German police officer and five terrorists in an attack dubbed the Munich Massacre.