BalenciagaDemna’s controversial creative director has finally apologized for the BDSM ad scandal after weeks of silence on the subject, which sparked widespread backlash for incorporating children wearing tight.
Georgian fashion designer Demna Gvasalia (who calls herself only by her first name) posted a statement on Instagram and vowed to “engage with child protection organisations.”
Balenziaga’s creative director finally “apologised” for disturbing the kids BDSM Image
“I would like to personally apologize for the wrong choice of art ideas for the children’s gift campaign and I take responsibility. The 41-year-old wrote: “It is inappropriate for children to promote objects that have nothing to do with them.”
He went on to say that he “sometimes likes to provoke thought through my work, (he) NEVER intended to do so with a subject as terrible as child abuse.”
“While I sometimes want to provoke thought through my work, I NEVER intended to do so with a subject as horrific as child abuse that I condemn. Period,” said Demna, a personal friend of Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West. “I need to learn from this, listen and engage with child protection organizations to see how I can contribute and help on this terrible topic.”
Demna later apologized for the image and claimed Balenciaga had “ensure that appropriate measures will be taken not only to avoid similar mistakes… but to hold them accountable.”
“I apologize to anyone offended by the image and Balenciaga has ensured that appropriate measures will be taken not only to avoid similar mistakes in the future, but also to take responsibility to protect the child’s welfare. you in every way possible,” he concluded.
The apology comes after the company itself launched a Mea Culpa last week, along with a $25 million lawsuit.
The French fashion house issued an apology last week, along with a $25 million lawsuit against the production company behind some of the images in question.
The whole situation came to public attention late last month after people started rolling out a strange set of ads, which featured children holding teddy bears that looked like they were wearing slave clothes. , as previously reported by Shade room.
The controversy quickly spread like wildfire; Social media users and big names like Tucker Carlson have not hesitated to criticize Balenciaga and accuse the brand of sexually abusing children.
Hey Photographers:
When Balenciaga hires you to take their new photoshoot and you show up and see a toddler lying on the sofa with wine glasses and tights arranged around them, you walk away. Stage = Stage. pic.twitter.com/DSoHgQLM6O– Round (@xhoop) November 21, 2022
the “Balenciaga” brand just did a bunch of uh… fun… for their new products recently, which included a deliberately concealed court document about ‘pornography’ virtual child porn’
ordinary things pic.twitter.com/zjMN5WhZ0s
– shoes (@shoe0nhead) November 21, 2022
Balenciaga condemns child abuse and seeks to correct it
On November 28, the brand took to its Instagram page, which hosts all other posts, to issue an apology.
The statement begins with Balenciaga condemning child abuse and admitting his “serious faults”.
“We want to resolve the controversy surrounding our recent advertising campaigns. We strongly condemn child abuse. We never intended to include it in our story. Two separate advertising campaigns reflect a series of critical errors for which Balenciaga is responsible.”
After giving some background stories about the situation, the reps shared how Balenciaga will move forward.
Specifically, the brand is working to “reinforce the surrounding structures.” [its] creative processes and validation steps” to “ensure that the new controls mark an axis and will prevent this from happening again.”
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Kim Kardashian condemns ads, files lawsuit against production company responsible for some images
Frequent collaborator of the brand Kim Kardashian immediately condemned the ad and tried to stay away from the controversy, Shade room previous report.
Earlier this week, The Shade Room reported that Balenciaga had filed a $25 million lawsuit against the production company responsible for some of the images.
The lawsuit, filed by the luxury fashion designer on Friday, was initiated in New York following paperwork related to a Supreme Court ruling on child pornography identified in a in the pictures, CNN report.
Balenciaga, owned by French luxury group Kering, has filed a lawsuit against the production company North Six, Inc., as well as designer Nicholas Des Jardins and his company, whom they have hired to develop. and produced the Spring 2023 campaign, according to a court summons.
The ad campaign also features the actress Nicole Kidman and model Bella Hadid among others whose photos were staged in “office spaces in Manhattan” intended to recreate the corporate environment.
In one particular shot, a page from the 2008 Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Williams, “confirms that the promotion of child pornography is illegal and is not protected by the right to free speech,” lies amid the mess on the table.
The company insisted it had no knowledge of the piece of paper and did not allow it to be included in the photo session, court documents claim.
