It is an incomplete day if the Kardashian-Jenner clan is not embroiled in any controversy! Recently, Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner attended the Balenciaga show in Los Angeles. Many known faces, like Cardi B, Teyana Taylor, Nicole Kidman, and Taylor Zakhar Perez, were seen at the show. Kim had a long association with the luxury streetwear brand. However, the SKIMS owner is facing consequences for attending the show.
In November 2022, Balenciaga launched a new campaign that faced heavy backlash. The reason was that the brand had small girls as their models. Secondly, the brand had BDSM-inspired soft toys handed out to the little girls. There were boycott calls announced after another campaign included papers from a child pornography case, which was a collaboration with Adidas. Kim, during the controversy, said that she is re-evaluating her relationship with the brand, and now, after attending the show, she has lost followers on Instagram.
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Kim Kardashian And Kendall Jenner Lose 850K Followers After Attending The Balenciaga Show
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During Balenciaga’s 2024 Fall Show, the Kar-Jen sisters, Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, made a stylish appearance. Kim wore nude pant leggings with black lace by Balenciaga, an athletic zip-up jacket, and a nude turtleneck. Whereas Kendall wore a nice dress with a trailing cape and a scoop neckline and accessorized with golden hoops.
However, attending the Balenciaga event has backfired for Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner. As per research by Replay Poker, Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner have lost 850k followers on Instagram. Kim has lost around 300,000 followers, and the supermodel has lost 500,000 followers. The reason might be due to the controversy that happened in November 2022.
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The Billionaire Said That She Might Re-evaluate Her Relationship With The Brand
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Balenciaga caused quite a stir with the controversy over their campaigns. They uploaded pictures of two girls holding teddy bears that were suspended from BDSM toys. One of the teddies had fishnets and padlock chokers, and another one was in BDSM attire.
Kim Kardashian had been spotted sporting various Balenciaga outfits when she was married to Kanye West. People pressured her to speak up on the matter, as she is also a mother to four children. On November 28, 2022, Kim opened up about the controversy on X, responding through threads.
I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been disgusted and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaigns, but because I wanted an opportunity to speak to their team to understand for myself how this could have happened.
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) November 27, 2022
Kim Kardashian wrote that she did not respond to the controversy because she was disgusted and outraged, but she wanted to speak to the team to confront them about it. The SKIMS owner wrote, “As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images. The safety of children must be held with the highest regard and any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society — period.”
Kim Kardashian expressed appreciation for Balenciaga for removing the campaigns and apologizing, but as for her relationship with the brand, she said, “As for my future with Balenciaga, I am currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it off their willingness to accept accountability for something that should have never happened to begin with — & the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.”
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