This article, “https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/style/balenciaga-campaign-controversy.html.” is written by Elizabeth Paton, Vanessa Friedman, and Jessica Testa. This article is published on December 2022.
The article touches upon a very controversial topic of putting children on the internet and using it as an ad cover. Balenciaga is known for its odd style of selling a remake of IKEA’s 99-cent shopping bag and destroyed sneakers. Around the time of late 2022, they posted an ad campaign, which lead to the allegation that Balenciaga condoned child exploitation. The controversy ended when the designer decided to take the blame for the feature of “six children clutching destroyed teddy bear handbags.”
I think this article is for all readers and readers that are children’s right activist.
I was intrigued by this article because I heard about this topic from a YouTuber called Stephanie Soo. I personally think that children shouldn’t be posted online as clout or as an ad campaign because there are some child predators out there.
Here are my questions for you:
- Do you think there should be an additional law to protect children from being on the internet?
- What comes to mind when you see child models?
- Will seeing a controversial topic with your brand stop you from shopping there?