Balenciaga Receives Backlash Over Bondage Clothing Ads for Kids

Balenciaga is getting MAJOR backlash for its bondage-inspired child’s clothes marketing campaign … and celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Bella Hadid are even feeling the warmth due to their connection to the corporate.

The luxurious trend model rolled out the stunning advertisements for its spring 2023 assortment. The photographs depicted youngsters gripping teddy bears clad in S&M gear, and rapidly began going viral. Almost instantly, folks responded with outrage on social media, demanding a boycott of the corporate.

Balenciaga executives rapidly pulled all of the advertisements Tuesday and issued an apology. Their assertion learn, “We sincerely apologize for any offense our vacation marketing campaign might have brought about. Our plush bear luggage shouldn’t have been featured with youngsters on this marketing campaign. We have instantly eliminated the marketing campaign from all platforms.”

The execs went on to say they plan to take authorized motion in opposition to the creators of the advertisements, which they declare had been “unapproved.” They added, “We strongly condemn abuse of youngsters in any kind. We stand for kids’s security and well-being.”

But, folks on social media had been nonetheless pissed and took their rage out on Kim Okay and Bella Hadid for his or her affiliation with the corporate. Kim, as you already know, is the founding father of SKIMS, which has lengthy labored with Balenciaga. Bella is certainly one of Balenciaga’s supermodels.

One fan wrote, “When are you going to reply Kim?! Your status is on the road right here.”

Another stated, “Celebrities like Bella Hadid are fast to leap on the BLM and misgendering bandwagon however completely happy to advertise Balenciaga’s baby porn marketing campaign. These folks have been compromised, they’re satanic and are selling the satan’s work. It’s evil.”