What to Know About Balenciaga’s Campaign Controversy. Balenciaga, in its Nov. 28 statement, said, “Our plush bear bags and the Gift collection should not have been featured with children. This was a wrong choice by Balenciaga, combined with our failure in assessing and validating images. The responsibility for this lies with Balenciaga alone.”
In other words: Don’t blame the photographer. But the nuance was lost amid the heat of the reaction. Since the Gift Shop campaign images were released, Mr. “At the moment, nobody wants to be associated with my name because my name is associated with the word pedophilia everywhere,” Mr. The long-term repercussions remain to be seen, but already, the trade publication Business of Fashion on Nov. 28 revoked an award it had planned to give to Demna, saying it held “the safety of children in the highest regard.” Although Kering doesn’t break down the annual revenue for Balenciaga, HSBC estimates that the fashion house generated about 1.76 billion euros, or $1.81 billion, in sales in 2021. The Balenciaga campaign ad scandal, explained.
Comment Balenciaga had apologized just hours earlier for its new holiday campaign featuring children holding bags shaped like teddy bears wearing bondage gear when another controversy erupted last week. That led the luxury fashion house to issue its second apology in a day after a Supreme Court decision on child pornography laws was spotted in an earlier ad.
A printout of the 2008 United States v. Williams decision, which ruled on the constitutionality of law prohibiting the pandering of child pornography, was photographed among papers scattered across a desk in an ad for a black-and-white purse that retails for over $3,000. The fashion house alleged that “inexplicable acts and omissions” made without Balenciaga’s knowledge were “malevolent or, at the very least, extraordinarily reckless,” according to court documents filed Friday in the New York State Supreme Court for the County of New York. Balenciaga did not respond to a request for comment from The Washington Post.
Fashion and virtual. Kim Kardashian wears Marilyn Monroe’s JFK dress as Met Gala celebrates gilded age | Met Gala 2022. Kim Kardashian has appeared on the 2022 Met Gala red carpet wearing a crystal-embellished gown last worn by Marilyn Monroe six decades ago when she serenaded the US president John F Kennedy for his birthday. The Met Gala, known for its high-profile guest list and extravagant ensembles, marks the opening of the annual fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. This year’s exhibition, In America: An Anthology of Fashion, inspired the gala theme of “gilded glamor”. Kardashian’s interpretation of the theme came from “the most American thing you can think of”.
“And that’s Marilyn Monroe,” she told Vogue. “For me, the most Marilyn Monroe moment is when she sang Happy Birthday to JFK, it was that look.” Kardashian’s transformation into Monroe for the Met Gala carpet took more than sporting the Bob Mackie dress. “I did want a physical change too,” she told Vogue. “It was such a challenge,” she said. Acquiring the dress was a challenge, too. Conservators ‘speechless’ that Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress to Met Gala | LA times. Textile conservators and fashion curators are appalled that beauty mogul Kim Kardashian donned Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Jean Louis gown for the 2022 Met Gala. Monroe’s show-stopping garment became famous 60 years ago when the Hollywood legend wore it to sing a breathless “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy. Kardashian, a pop culture phenom in her own right, became the only other person to slip into the historic garment for Monday’s Met Gala, a “gilded glamour"-themed affair at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“The Kardashians” star joined hundreds toasting the opening of the Costume Institute’s newest exhibition, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” which examines historical context and tells stories of unsung heroes in early American fashion design. “I’m frustrated because it sets back what is considered professional treatment for historic costume,” says Sarah Scaturro, chief conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art and formerly a conservator at the Met’s Costume Institute. Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Dress Angered Conservators So Much That the International Council of Museums Had to Make a Statement. Following a fit of public outrage, much of it from textile conservators, over Kim Kardashian wearing an iconic Marilyn Monroe dress to the Met Gala, the International Council of Museums has issued renewed guidelines on handling historic garments. Earlier this month, Kardashian infamously wore the dress that Monroe had on in 1962 when she sang “Happy Birthday Mr.
President” to John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. Kardashian borrowed the dress from a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Collection in Orlando, not an accredited museum. The novelty museum bought the work at auction in 2016 for $4.8 million. Although she wore the dress only on the museum’s red carpet, and changed into a replica once inside, conservators, including the former head of the Met’s fashion conservation department, Sarah Scarturro, blasted the socialite. Marilyn Monroe and writer Jose Bolanos sit at a dining table during the Golden Globes. Now, ICOM has stepped in. Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Dress Wouldn't Zip Up Over Her Butt. L'exposition "Kimono, au bonheur des dames" au musée des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet à Paris. Recherche 1/9 Il y a un lieu hors du temps où les plus beaux kimonos issus de la collection Matsuzakaya dialoguent avec leurs réinterprétations haute couture signées Yves Saint Laurent ou Jean Paul Gaultier.
Ce lieu, c'est le Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet qui accueille dès aujourd'hui une exposition exceptionnelle dédiée à l'art de cet habit traditionnel japonais. De sa fabrication délicate à l'habillage, presque comme un rituel, le kimono est évocateur de savoir-faire et de tradition. Plus qu'un simple habit de soie précieuse, il témoigne d'une culture et d'une mode qui n'a cessé d'inspirer les plus grands créateurs des quatre coins du monde. Pour la toute première fois hors des frontrières du Japon, patrie du kimono, la collection de la célèbre maison Matsuzakaya, fondée en 1611, se donne à voir le temps d'une exposition entièrement consacrée à cet habit traditionnel à la forte, et belle, histoire, baptisée Kimono, au bonheur des dames.
Partager cet article Scroll. Les semelles rouges de Louboutin pourront être déposées comme marque. The Sartorialist. Garance Doré. Purple DIARY. Photo Jeremy Kost Click to see more pictures. Chenman manman. DaisyBalloon. The million euro handbag | Financial Times. With Vanessa Friedman Welcome. If you have yet to register on FT.com you will be asked to do so before you begin to read FT blogs. However, our posts remain free. Vanessa Friedman's blog deals with the fashion/luxury industry from both a corporate and consumer point of view, as well as the subject of dress. Vanessa has been the FT’s fashion editor since 2003, and is based in New York, though she lived in London for 12 years. To comment, please register for free with FT.com and read our policy on submitting comments.
All posts are published in UK time. Contact vanessa.friedman@ft.com about the Material World blog. See the full list of FT blogs.