You would have to have been sleeping under a rock for the last few days to not have heard about the ongoing debate between fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana and singer Elton John, centering around comments that the duo made regarding children born into non-traditional families. Dolce revealed in Italian magazine Panorama that he could not have children because he was gay. He said "you are born to a mother and a father. Or at least that's how it should be. I call children of chemistry 'synthetic children'." It was these comments that sparked a reaction from the British singer, who has two little boys with husband David Furnish. He hit back at the designer on instagram, saying "how dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic' and shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF- a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfil their dream of having children" He then went on to slam the pairs designs, saying "your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce&Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana"

I'm not normally one to care too much about celebrity arguments, but this one really caught my attention. I think saying something so controversial about IVF in this day and age is a pretty dangerous and rather stupid move, especially when only a few days ago the design duo debuted a collection entitled "Viva La Mamma", which featured models walking down the catwalk with their babies and was created in a celebration of family. Are the pair saying that this celebration cannot apply to you if you are not from a "traditional"family made up of a mother, father and siblings?

The debate has sparked a massive amount of controversy on social media, with designers such as Victoria Beckham stepping up to defend Elton, and many celebrities tweeting support for the singer and throwing their D&G clothes away or even burning them, all under the hashtag of #boycottDolceGabbana. This is certainly something that is not going away for the design duo, and i think it's going to take them an awfully long time to rebuild their reputation after this.

D&G may not have meant the comments in the way that they have been perceived, however, i think Balmian's Olivier Rousteing hit the nail on the head when he said "sometimes it is better, when you have these kinds of thoughts, just not to talk at all".