Parents around the globe have exploded in anger over the well-known fashion brand Balenciaga utilizing young kids in their advertisement of what at least one critic has labeled a series of “bondage” teddy bear purses.
The massive fashion brand is most well known for its insane fashion takes and is often the go-to for certain celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Actress Nicole Kidman, and model Bella Hadid.
“Has anyone else seen this? It’s on the main page of their website and is wildly inappropriate,” exclaimed one person online. “A little girl as in [aged] 5-7 … is on a bed holding a Teddy bear dressed in bondage and fetish gear. She also doesn’t look particularly happy. I don’t understand how a whole team of people presumably thought this was ok! It’s gross.”
“Bloody typical of Balenciaga,” stated another person seemingly in reaction to the photos. “They shock to get attention for their overpriced rubbish. It’s like a social experiment on how ridiculous their products are but yet people buy the rubbish.”
“This though is disgusting and verging on depraved. What possessed the parents of this child to think this is any sort of normal I cannot fathom.”
“I agree it’s horrid but judging by what I see shared on Twitter with children watching drag queens sing explicit songs and twerk with their junk bulging out, there seems to be a direction (?) towards the normalisation of sexualising children in society in general,” stated another reply. “Especially with some wanting to call [pedophiles] ‘minor attracted people’ 🤮😣 It’s sick and sinister and I feel like I’m seeing it more.”
One person labeled the teddy bear purse as “punk,” and stated it was not actually “bondage gear.” The person continued, “But I can see why people might think so. Still a stupid ad.”
It was highlighted by Reduxx that the line of purses was worn during a recent October fashion show.
Various reports online took thinkgs a step further. A political YouTuber using the handle ShoeOnHead sporting well over half a million followers, June Nicole Lapine, posted images of an alleged photoshoot from Balenciaga.
“The brand ‘Balenciaga’ just did a uh….. interesting… photoshoot for their new products recently which included a very purposely poorly hidden court document about ‘virtual child porn,'” she labeled the series of photos “Normal stuff.”
the brand "Balenciaga" just did a uh….. interesting… photoshoot for their new products recently which included a very purposely poorly hidden court document about 'virtual child porn'
normal stuff pic.twitter.com/zjMN5WhZ0s
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) November 21, 2022
In an odd turn of events, the fashion industry titan quickly wiped out its Instagram account. Currently, it only sports a total of nina posts, with the oldest being only 4 hours old of Nicole Kidman.
