article_snippet: Domenico Dolce has been embroiled in a well-documented feud with Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana after the former called babies born through in-vitro fertilization (IVF)  'synthetic'.
article_snippet: But Sir Elton John - whose two sons Zachary, four, and Elijah, two, were conceived with the help of a surrogate and artificial insemination - appeared to offer an olive branch when Domenico Dolce declared Domenico Dolce love for the fashion duo in Las Vegas on Wednesday night.
article_snippet: Domenico Dolce criticised IVF, saying: 'You are born and you have a father and mother.
article_snippet: Elton, who is married to David Furnish, responded furiously, writing on Sunday: 'How dare you refer to my beautiful children as "synthetic".
article_snippet: Victoria Beckham, a former Dolce and Gabbana ambassador who is close friends with Sir Elton, offered her support with the message: 'Sending love to Elton David Zachary Elijah & all the beautiful IVF babies x vb.'
article_snippet: But the designers hit back - Stefano Gabbana told an Italian newspaper: 'It's useless, this is just an authoritarian way of seeing things: if you agree with me, good, otherwise I'll attack.
article_snippet: Sir Elton's comments on-stage in Las Vegas came after Dolce & Gabbana insisted his views were private, personal beliefs that were based on his sense of a traditional Sicilian family.
article_snippet: In an interview with CNN, Dolce & Gabbana insisted his did not judge people who chose the procedure, and said: 'I believe in the traditional family. '
article_snippet: Interview: Dolce & Gabbana made his inflammatory remarks in an interview with Italian magazine Panorama earlier this month .
highlights_snippet: Domenico Dolce called children born via IVF 'synthetic'
  Sir Elton, who has two sons born to a surrogate via artificial insemination, hit back .
  