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21 Dec

No. 5: Balenciaga’s Promoting Turmoil

No. 5: Balenciaga’s Promoting Turmoil
In November, Balenciaga and its creative director Demna broke the web — within the incorrect way. Two separate campaigns for the 2022 holiday season and the Garde-Robe line of wardrobe staples for spring 2023, released respectively on Nov. 16 and 21, sparked a wave of shock on social media that engulfed the French fashion house, photographers, creatives and even longtime collaborator Kim Kardashian. The Gift holiday campaign featured children posing alongside quite a lot of items, including handbags shaped like stuffed bears wearing bondage gear, first touted by adult models within the brand’s spring 2023 show in Paris in October. The campaign was shot in Paris by Milan-based photographer Gabriele Galimberti, a documentary photographer and frequent National Geographic contributor making his first...
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