Fashion designers Dolce & Gabbana have fired back at award-winning recording artist Elton John’s calls for his fans to boycott the brand in what may be the most flamboyant battle in social media history.

Stefano Gabbana called John a “fascist” in one post Monday, and in another wrote #BoycottEltonJohn, a response to John’s #BoycottDolce&Gabbana campaign.

Gabbana also posted several pictures to support his argument, including one of a mother and chid with the tags #dgmamma #dgfamily and another that said “Je Suis D&G, “a reference to the “Je Suis Charlie” hashtag used after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.

A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 15, 2015 at 7:00pm PDT

#boycottdolcegabbana ️this is intolleranza x i pareri differenti!!! Io ti condanno perché non la pensi come me!!!?? Pazzia!!! È come se io boicottassi lui perché ha avuto 2 figli in vitro!! Non sono mica scemo!!! Tolleranza

A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 15, 2015 at 11:55pm PDT

 

A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 16, 2015 at 7:29am PDT

The new fragrance #boycottdolcegabbana A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 15, 2015 at 9:29am PDT

Ok. Openly gay Dolce and Gabbana are homophobes?

Think #dgfamily

A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 15, 2015 at 6:59pm PDT

@silviabraz #dgmamma #dgfamily A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 14, 2015 at 8:41am PDT

@myfashland Mamma #dgmamma #dgfamily

A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 13, 2015 at 4:41am PDT

#dgfamily A photo posted by stefanogabbana (@stefanogabbana) on Mar 12, 2015 at 6:57am PDT

The hullabaloo started after the openly gay Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, founders of the Dolce & Gabbana fashion house, expressed their support for traditional families and their disapproval of gay adoptions and in vitro fertilization to Italian magazine Panorama last week.

That prompted an enraged John to fire off an Instagram post excoriating the designing duo.

Unfortunately for the designers, the #BoycottEltonJohn hashtag and related hashtag #SupportDolceGabbana have been tweeted only about 3,000 times, as opposed to the #BoycotDolceGabbana hashtag that has received over 30,000 tweets according to BBC News.

The Twitterverse has chimed in with other views and snark — with one tweeter calling it “A war for the gay-ges.”

A War for the gay-ges! #boycottdolceandgabbana. http://t.co/19Uw2n0lyd

— I Believe in Sporks (@Sporks8) March 16, 2015

“I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again.” I’m pretty sure that’s the gayest thing Elton John has ever said. — OhMyHappiness (@ohmyhappiness) March 16, 2015

We stand with @dolcegabbana and their brave stand for the family. Because liberal bigotry is never in fashion #dgfamily #boycotteltonjohn

— Conserpiracy (@ConservativeCsp) March 16, 2015

Gays against gays… This could get messy. #BoycottDolceGabbana #BoycottEltonJohn — Jay Colston, Esq (@jyclstn) March 16, 2015

Who cares what designers think of others’ children? Boycotts are getting tiresome and meaningless. #BoycottDolceGabbana #boycotteltonjohn

— MeeZee (@MaryEmBern) March 16, 2015

My son is NOT synthetic. His life was made possible through IVF & I couldn’t be more grateful. #BoycottDolceGabbana pic.twitter.com/Lgz6N9qDRs — Jay (@the2weekwait) March 16, 2015

“When my partner and I make a decision on fertility treatment, we always consult fashion designers.” Said no one ever #BoycottDolceGabbana

— THE Chris Coon (@Coondawg68) March 16, 2015

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