Demna Gvasalia, who appears as creative director of the Spanish firm, has shown images of two minors holding stuffed animals with accessories that some directly associated with sadomasochism.
I thought people were trolling, but nope. It’s real. Maybe this is why Balenciaga left Twitter. They don’t want to be held accountable. Yes, these are children holding teddy bears dressed in bondage outfits. pic.twitter.com/zBlACUiZjo
—Save! (@thisissavvy1)
November 21, 2022
For some users this seemed to be a joke or some humorous image, but it was not.. “I thought people were trolling, but no: it’s real. They are children with teddy bears dressed in bondage outfits,” wrote a user on Twitter who attached the images from the official Balenciaga page. For some users, these images earned adjectives such as “creepy” and “incorrect”.
These new items so far are not available to buy on the web, it is a gift campaign that includes everything from coffee cups to a dog harness.
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“How many adults have been involved “Parents, photographers, creative directors, copywriters, design agency staff, producers, managers, advertisers… and none of them thought, ‘Wait a minute?'” he continued. making his analysis of the images presented by Balenciaga.
The page has removed all the photos from its Instagram account and is receiving multiple comments questioning the decision to carry out this campaign by the Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti of the “Balenciaga Gift Shop” collection.