What's up with Balenciaga: the campaign with children, pornography, Kim Kardashian, Adidas...
Victorio and Lucchino: "There are few people willing to pay what a tailored suit costs. At the Fair, they will all wear the same Chinese shawls"
Balenciaga once again sowed controversy during its show at
Paris
Fashion Week
. Although several weeks have passed since the catwalk, now one of the products presented by the firm has gone viral on social networks: a
bracelet in the shape of a roll of adhesive tape.
A piece of jewelry that basically consists of an insulating tape similar to what you buy in any hardware store to stick paper or cardboard. The difference is that this one is called
'Balenciaga Adhesive',
since it features the brand's distinctive feature, and it costs nothing more and nothing less than
3,000 euros
. But this has not been the only product of the brand that has generated debate in recent years.
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The skirt to get out of the shower
In 2023, the house led by designer
Demna Gvasalia
signed one of the most controversial and controversial garments ever seen: a skirt that looked like a towel. The skirt in question belonged to the
Resort 2024
collection and emulated the shape of the towel when leaving the shower, rolled up at the waist, through a two-button closure and an adjustable belt. All for a modest price of 700 euros.
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The market bag
This Balenciaga
shopping bag
caught everyone's attention by looking like typical market bags. However, the luxury brand launched them to the public as the '
Barbes
' bag, made of calfskin, and its value exceeds 8,000 euros.
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Cloudy clothes
When celebrities with eccentric clothes come together, the result is
Kim Kardashian's outfit at the 2021 Met Gala
. Of clear sadomasochistic inspiration, this look would mark a precedent in Balenciaga's taste
for BDSM themes.
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The broken sneakers
These dirty, worn-out looking sneakers were created this way on purpose to convey the message that "they are designed to last a lifetime." As part of its new
'Paris Sneakers' collection,
only 100 copies were created with a price of over 1,000 euros.
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Crocs with platform
These shoes that made ugly and unsightly a trend belonged to the first collaboration between
Balenciaga and Crocs
for their
spring-summer 2018 collection.
With a 10 cm platform, bright colors and applications, they caused divided opinions among the public. Despite this, they sold out in the first hour they were put on sale for more than 800 euros.
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Crocs with heels
This strange shoe was born from the collaboration between
Balenciaga and Crocs
as part of the
spring 2022 collection.
And although many users criticized the unsightly appearance of the shoe, others stated that beyond their appearance, they were very comfortable and light to wear, valued at more of 500 euros.
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Sneakers with visible toes
Balenciaga
has no limits when it comes to footwear. This was demonstrated with the strange waterproof sneakers that he created in collaboration with
Vibram
for the
fall-winter 2020 collection,
which had climate change as its theme. This design was made of colorful fabrics that showed the silhouette of the five toes of the foot. And if that wasn't enough, she had suspended heels.
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polo shirt
Although it was around 3,000 euros, its price was not the most striking. Called the
't-shirt shirt'
, this shirt shocked everyone with its strange but simple design: a polo shirt with a shirt attached to the front. This generated a barrage of criticism and ridicule for the extravagant yet simple design.
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The jacket of a thousand and one layers
This jacket that looks like it came out of Joey's closet from
'Friends' belongs to
Balenciaga
's fall-winter 2018 collection
. Although they look like jackets stacked on top of each other, it was a single '
oversized'
garment made up of 7 different layers of clothing, ranging from plain shirts to polos and jackets. The more layers, the higher the price, since it cost about 9,000 euros.
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The builder's jacket
As part of its fall-winter 2021 collection,
Balenciaga
launched a reversible jacket with a curious design inspired by those worn by construction workers, generating a wave of ridicule among users, who classified it as
'Bob the Builder's jacket '
.
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The XL jacket
' Oversized
' garments
have become the favorites of fashion lovers and designers, which is why
Balenciaga
took them to the extreme. The '
puffer
' jacket
with exaggeratedly large dimensions that barely revealed the head of the person wearing it was launched as part of its
spring-summer 2020 collection.
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Lego heels
These shoes were immortalized as one of the riskiest bets of
Nicolas Ghesquière,
former creative director of the brand. Hated by some and loved by many, the truth is that the colorful Lego heels were a hit in the
fall-winter 2007/2008 collection
.