What do y'all think about the Balenciaga SS23 & Adidas collab "teddy" controversy?

What's your take in the Balenciaga teddy bear controversay?

  • It's harmless

    Votes: 23 3.2%

  • It's disgusting

    Votes: 554 76.7%

  • It's just to garner attention - Balenciaga being Balenciaga

    Votes: 94 13.0%

  • I don't know what to think

    Votes: 46 6.4%

  • What controversay? (links in post)

    Votes: 5 0.7%
  • Total voters
    722

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#291
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Swanky said:
We'd like to leave this thread open, but political conspiracy theories, among other comments need to stop. Discuss the topic only please, let's keep the discussion open and all responses to others need to remain respectful.
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Also, let’s stick closely to topic, it really helps preventing tangents and drama.
 
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trunkdevil said:
Whether you believe this to be a publicity stunt, the photographer’s concept, Demna “trolling”, or something more sinister(!!!!).. whatever you want to argue, there is no justifying what happened. It is disturbing and vile. End of discussion! Like others have mentioned - just how many people at Balenciaga reviewed this campaign/the photos and gave this the OK?? This is a huge $$$ company. Absolutely sickening. Plus Balenciaga’s initial apology did not sit right me with - trying to shift blame to the photographer etc? And now they’ve taken full responsibility and issued an updated second apology? … yeah, ok. They will not get my forgiveness or my business again.

My Balenciaga RTW collection is pretty substantial. I wore at least one piece from
the brand weekly and had done so for the last few years. Everything is now on its way to TRR and donating what wasn’t accepted. This is not being “cancelled”, actions have consequences.

Anyone I see wearing or carrying Balenciaga now.. just won’t sit right with me. I’ll simply be wondering if they’re OK with a company that tried to monetize/normalize pedophilia… As for Kim K tiptoeing around the issue “re-evaluating her relationship” with Balenciaga- we already know the K family has no morals but even for Kim, this is a new low and speaks volumes.
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You should definitely not sending it to TRR. A member reminded me in a page way back about how it’ll just be perpetuating the brand and keeping it circulating the fashion marketplace. Please reconsider.
 
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Meta said:
From @curioslight's Twitter thread that's now been updated to include this admission by Demna:

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And Demna releases this statement: (ETA seems to be the exact same released on Bal's IG)

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That person is not Demna. That’s an innocent on Demna’s pr payroll. Demna uses this person to spread news. So sad this person is being taken advantage of by Balenciaga and roped into Demna’s disgusting world of depravity.
 
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RitaLA said:
I don't even know how to start this post. Maybe we should all ask, "Why isn't the celebrities talking about this?" They have an opinion about everything. Isn't child pedophilia big enough to be spoken against? If you have a child, and someone commits a crime against your child, either sexual abuse or anything pedophilia related, are you going to be quiet about it, waiting for the perpetrator to issue an apology? These celebrities are not speaking up because we know who owns them. Kim Kardashian has been quiet about this and she has children. She is one of Balenciaga's biggest supporters. There are large groups of elites who have been running child trafficking and child sexual abuse rings for years. Why now?? They have been able to get away with their symbolism for many years, but they got too comfortable knowing that people were blind to it. They are being bold about their symbols and were expecting people to get on the pedophilia bandwagon. But this time, it didn't work. People are waking up and what do they do? "Oops ... we apologize if this was offensive to you." OMG ... these companies have a lot of resources to work on their brands, from analysts to psychologists, to anything you can imagine that will work on specific themes to brainwash people and make them hooked on their products. We do not know because we are not in the know. All we know is that we are addicted to these brands and we sit here waiting for them to release a statement so they can redeem themselves and we go on with our "tea room" lives as if nothing happened. We need to wake up and stop allowing these elites to take advantage of young women, children or anyone that they can use to profit from. Balenciaga has been in this pdophilia business for many years. Who ever heard of Rachel Chandler?? She was a big attendee at Epstein Island. She has a model agency that would "recruit" children and under age girls to shoot for Balenciaga and other brands. Where did Rachel get these girls from? She had pictures of Epstein house cameras. If you go to ther agency IG, you can't comment on anything. They are trying to shut us down. We need to stop being complacent and stop giving these people our hard earned money. This is not about teddy bears and bondage clothing. Look at how the theme of child sexualization was perfectly aligned throughout the pictures. Open your eyes and stand for what is right
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Rachel has ties to LVMH too. I remember reading about this somewhere. This thing runs deep. This has really disillusioned me to the fashion industry and I’m reevaluating my LV stuff right now.

I’m glad this situation has illuminated how disgusting this industry is and how they exploit our innocent children through subliminal messaging and ads to normalize abuse. And I’m glad how much truth is being revealed in this thread for people to see. Everyone should be brought aware about this!
 
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trunkdevil said:
Whether you believe this to be a publicity stunt, the photographer’s concept, Demna “trolling”, or something more sinister(!!!!).. whatever you want to argue, there is no justifying what happened. It is disturbing and vile. End of discussion! Like others have mentioned - just how many people at Balenciaga reviewed this campaign/the photos and gave this the OK?? This is a huge $$$ company. Absolutely sickening. Plus Balenciaga’s initial apology did not sit right me with - trying to shift blame to the photographer etc? And now they’ve taken full responsibility and issued an updated second apology? … yeah, ok. They will not get my forgiveness or my business again.

My Balenciaga RTW collection is pretty substantial. I wore at least one piece from
the brand weekly and had done so for the last few years. Everything is now on its way to TRR and donating what wasn’t accepted. This is not being “cancelled”, actions have consequences.

Anyone I see wearing or carrying Balenciaga now.. just won’t sit right with me. I’ll simply be wondering if they’re OK with a company that tried to monetize/normalize pedophilia… As for Kim K tiptoeing around the issue “re-evaluating her relationship” with Balenciaga- we already know the K family has no morals but even for Kim, this is a new low and speaks volumes.
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Sadly most people won't even be aware of the issues........
 
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I feel like Balenciaga is apologizing to the general public in case anyone was offended. What they should have done is to apologize to all the people who have personally been victims of child sexual abuse or anything of that nature. How do those people feel seeing these ads? There are children and grown-ups who have been traumatized for life for something like this (and then worse) happening to them, there are families affected by these crimes.
 
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ChampagneandChakras said:
Sadly most people won't even be aware of the issues........
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I certainly wasn't until I saw this today, and I rarely go to brand threads unless I'm looking for info.

I have 3 very old moto bags and nobody around me has even heard of Balenciaga, believe me. It was a bad campaign/ad and yes the ones at the top should of been aware but it too will pass. Remember Coco Chanel was a Nazi sympathizer and even with their quality issues nowadays, their stuff sells like hotcakes.
 
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Allisonfaye said:
It gets worse:

WARNING: Some of these images are VERY sick.
www.thegatewaypundit.com

It's Getting Worse: Balenciaga Designer Exposed for Posting Disturbing Photos Linked to 'Satanic Ritual, Cannibalism, Child Mutilation' | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga is under fire again after the child pornography scandal brought to light to company’s obsession with satanic rituals, including the disturbing posts of the company’s stylist.
www.thegatewaypundit.com www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Thank you for the link. Now we know for sure it wasn't a mistake. It was done on purpose as we have all suspected. Art my behind!
 
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