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29.11.2022 - 01:15 / perezhilton.com
Balenciaga has returned to social media to further address their controversial ad campaigns, but, um, their latest statement isn’t helping their case much.
As you all know by now, the high-fashion house is currently in the hot seat after the internet called them out for sexualizing children in the strange ads that saw young kids cuddling teddy bear purses wearing BDSM attire. Then, another displayed legal docs about a Supreme Court child pornography case, and several other photos included easter eggs concerning historical figures who have had an unusual connection to children and child porn.
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When the scandal first made headlines last week, Balenciaga took to their socials to address the controversy — and to place blame on anyone but themselves! They simply stated (in part):
While they stayed silent the next several days, Balenciaga has since sued the production company North Six and set designer Nicholas De Jardins and his company over the child pornography law docs being included in the campaign. Now that the luxury brand has had plenty of time to mull over the drama, they have returned with a lengthy statement, once again apologizing for the insensitive imagery while also explaining what went wrong.
In a message posted to the luxury clothing company’s Instagram feed on Monday, they declared:
The clothing brand went on to explain the two sets of photos that have caused the most outrage online, saying:
Once again, they’re trying to place blame on the viewers instead of taking full accountability! There was NO other way to interpret those teddy bears. SMH. The statement continued:
Well, that’s a step in the right direction. Finally… The post added:
No s**t,
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Balenciaga is taking responsibility for a “series of grievous errors” after unveiling a campaign that featured children posing with stuffed animals dressed in BDSM-like attire. The fashion house issued a statement via social media on Monday, November 28, calling the ad “wrong.”
online. “We would like to address the controversies surrounding our recent ad campaigns,” begins the statement, which was published to Balenciaga's Instagram account on November 28. “We strongly condemn child abuse; it was never our intent to include it in our narrative.”The fashion house goes on to explain how the campaign images in question—one which features children posing with teddy bears wearing “BDSM-inspired outfits,” the other a copy of the Supreme Court decision in the United States v.
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