Balenciaga's campaign
Fashion at large has a history of stepping over the line in attention-getting attempts to be provocative but last week Balenciaga Gift Shop photoshoot left people in shock. The campaign featured children holding bondage-adjacent teddy-bear bags, situated on a set decorated with BDSM paraphernalia and wine and beer glasses, shot by Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti. After facing major backlash, the famous fashion house quickly removed the campaign images and apologized for their offensive photoshoot. A second campaign featuring Nicole Kidman and Bella Hadid showed a $3,000 bag with papers about child-pornography laws strewn across the desk which caused backlash on a world-wild scale. In the past few days Balenciaga has been accused of condoning, even glamorizing, sexual violence against children. The luxury fashion brand has apologized but is also seeking $25 million in damages from the shoot’s production company, North Six, and set designer Nicholas DeJardins. I think this concept for the Balenciaga is deeply disturbing and it shows that sexualizing children has become a huge issue nowadays.
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I've seen some of the photos - on top of being inappropriate, they simply look absurd as the kids have nothing to do with the goal or content of the campaign.
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