The fashion house issues another apology, and gives its explanation as to how a US Supreme Court ruling on child abuse material was included in an ad campaign.
The fashion house has issued another apology and has given an explanation as to how an image of a US Supreme Court ruling on child abuse material was included in an ad campaign.
The first to emerge was a campaign where children were photographed holding teddy bears dressed in what appears to be bondage gear.read more about the episode hereThe second apology for the teddy bear photo shoot is just below. But Balenciaga has also gone into more detail about itsThe first campaign, the gift collection campaign, featured children with plush bear bags dressed in what some have labelled BDSM inspired outfits.
"All the items included in this shooting were provided by third parties that confirmed in writing that these props were fake office documents," Balenciaga said in the statement.According to reports, Balenciaga has filed a $US25 million lawsuit against the company that produced the advertisements, North Six, and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins.
"We take full accountability for our lack of oversight and control of the documents in the background and we could have done things differently.""As Balenciaga is aware, numerous boxes of documents simply were sourced from a prop house as rental items," she told AFP.
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