{"id":1782800,"date":"2022-12-21T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782800"},"modified":"2022-12-21T12:03:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:03:46","slug":"sick-harry-styles-gucci-campaign-draws-ire-for-pink-teddy-bear-child-sized-mattress-following-balenciaga-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sick-harry-styles-gucci-campaign-draws-ire-for-pink-teddy-bear-child-sized-mattress-following-balenciaga-debacle\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sick\u2019: Harry Styles\u2019 Gucci Campaign Draws Ire For Pink Teddy Bear, Child-Sized Mattress Following Balenciaga Debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsick-harry-styles-gucci-campaign-draws-ire-for-pink-teddy-bear-child-sized-mattress-following-balenciaga-debacle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782800&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/harry-styles\">Harry Styles<\/a> is facing criticism for a new fashion campaign he did with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fashion\">Gucci<\/a> that has fans recalling the recent Balenciaga fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old singer is featured in the new campaign that debuted on social media earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA performance piece starring #HarryStyles and the #GucciHAHAHA collection,\u201d the brand tweeted of the collaboration. In it, Styles can be seen switching outfits and acting silly. But the parallels between this campaign and the disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/balenciaga\">Balenciaga<\/a> BDSM-themed photoshoot featuring children holding teddy bears in bondage gear that has people talking.<\/p>\n<p>In one shot, the \u201cNight Changes\u201d singer can be seen wearing a shirt with a pink teddy bear on it while posing next to what appears to be a child-sized mattress. In another, Styles carries the mattress around under his arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A performance piece starring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HarryStyles?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HarryStyles<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GucciHAHAHA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GucciHAHAHA<\/a> collection. Discover the campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6SWoX3NzMP\">https:\/\/t.co\/6SWoX3NzMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harry_Styles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Harry_Styles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/urKTJRB50m\">pic.twitter.com\/urKTJRB50m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 gucci (@gucci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gucci\/status\/1602302301099950080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want more berries and that summer feeling,\u201d the shirt says, which is a lyric from the singer\u2019s Grammy-winning 2019 song \u201cWatermelon Sugar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics also pointed out how both Balenciaga and Gucci are owned by the French luxury goods company Kering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@gucci Why would you create a \u2018performance piece\u2019 with a toddler\u2019s mattress and an adult man?\u201d Gucci family member Alexandra Gucci Zarini shared on Instagram. \u201cMy concerns are that there seems to be a common ideology across Kering\u2019s Fashion Houses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGucci was created to be the most elegant brand with the highest quality product. The direction it seems to be taking now is concerning. The protection of children should always come first and not be laughed at,\u201d she also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GucciZarini\/status\/1604891152880046080\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGucci [is] having Harry Styles pose alongside a child\u2019s mattress with a pink teddy bear shirt. Why are all fashion brand ad makers sick creeps?\u201d political commentator Sophie Cochran shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophielouisecc\/status\/1604461288289144833\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you kidding me? A grown man with a toddler mattress?!\u201d Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Katrina Scott wrote in the Instagram comments. \u201cWhat is going on with these brands?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Styles previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/watermelon-sugar-harry-styles-lyrics-meaning-sexual-1635536\">admitted<\/a> that the song \u201cWatermelon Sugar\u201d referenced on his teddy bear shirt is about the female orgasm and the \u201csweetness\u201d of life. Despite the hidden adult themes, the song has been very popular with young children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you\u2019ll meet people, and they\u2019ll be like, \u2018Oh, can you meet my child? They\u2019re a massive fan,\u2019 and the child\u2019s like 18 months old. This person\u2019s a massive fan?\u201d Styles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/harry-styles-talks-balding-rumors-and-9-more-secrets-1234580015\/\">told<\/a> Rolling Stone of the phenomenon in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I remember someone coming up to me at a party with their son, who was really small, and he started singing \u2018Watermelon Sugar,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oh, okay.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a single when we put [it] out,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt was just like, \u2018Okay, interesting \u2026 This is a high volume of videos of small children singing the song.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Styles is facing criticism for a new fashion campaign he did with Gucci that has fans recalling the recent Balenciaga fiasco. The 28-year-old singer is featured in the new campaign that debuted on social media earlier this month.\u00a0 \u201cA performance piece starring #HarryStyles and the #GucciHAHAHA collection,\u201d the brand tweeted of the collaboration. 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