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Arie Luyendyk Jr.and his wifeLauren Burnhamare burning their Balenciaga.
TheBachelor Nationcouple posted a video on Instagram showing that they were done with the brand for good after itsrecent controversial ad campaigns— one of which depicted children holding teddy bears in leather bondage gear.
Luyendyk captioned thepost, “won’t miss ya.”
“Thesafety 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,” Kardashian said.
“Iappreciate Balenciaga’s removal of the campaigns and apology,” she added. “In speaking with them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the issue and will take the necessary measures for this to never happen again.”
She also said she would be “reevaluating” her “relationship with the brand.”
The luxury brand apologized for this ad on social media saying, “our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign. We have immediately removed the campaign from all platforms.”
It also initiated a $25 million lawsuit against North Six and Nicholas Des Jardins for another separate controversial ad campaign that was “office” themed. That included a photo with a page from a Supreme Court ruling ofUnited States v. Williams– which deemed the promotion of child pornography illegal – in the background.
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Balenciagaclaimedthat the Supreme Court papers were placed in the campaign photographs without their knowledge and had led to false associations between their company and child pornography, per theNew York Times.
Since then the luxury brand said it would add “new controls” in place to prevent similar controversies from happening again, and added that it was also reaching out to “organizations who specialize in child protection and aim at ending child abuse and exploitation.”
source: people.com
