The Instagram page that takes a look at the dodgier side of the fashion industry is being sued by Italian luxury fashion house D&G for hundreds of millions of dollars after posts alleging racism that led to a boycott by Asian consumers.
Dolce & Gabbana is suing the Diet Prada Instagram page, seeking 3 millions euros ($A4.64 million) for the company, one million euros ($A1.55 million) for its co-founder, and more than 556 million euros ($A860.38 million) in damages.
The company filed the suit in 2019, but it didn’t become public knowledge until the page’s admins posted about it last week.
“On Monday we filed a defence of our freedom of speech in answer to defamation claims brought in a Milan court by Dolce & Gabbana,” a post on the page, run by Tony Liu and Lindsay Schuyler, read on Friday.
