It’s worse than we thought.
Balenciaga is getting slammed once again in a new ad campaign for featuring a book by controversial artist, Michael Borremans, whose work has been linked to pedophilia, cannibalism, and blood rituals.
Breaking Digest previously reported that the high-end fashion brand Balenciaga has received internet backlash for a creepy ad that features two young girls holding stuffed animals dressed in what looks to be BDSM gear.
The photoshoot also included poorly hidden court documents relating to a virtual child p*rn case.
The creepy ad sparked outrage online for normalizing child pornography.
On Tuesday, Balenciaga issued an apology for their creepy child BDSM-themed photoshoot for the Spring/Summer 2023 collection that featured stuffed toys dressed in bondage gear and child porn court case documents.
Following the backlash, the company pulled the disturbing ads, and replaced it with a red-hair model holding an “Hourglass Small Croc-Embossed Top-Handle Bag.”
In the background, a copy of Michael Borremans’s book can be seen sitting on the desk next to the model.
Research conducted by Twitter user @itsnatlydenise about the book reveals some dark and disturbing facts.
Michaël Borremans (born 1963) is a Belgian painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Ghent.
Several prestigious American institutions, such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, feature his artwork.
The themes in Borremans’ paintings are very disturbing. They include pedophilia, blood rituals, dark religion, occultism, racism, and cannibalism.
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According to @itsnatlydenise, the bottom book in the photo is “The Cremaster Cycle” by Matthew Barney.
Another ad featured what appears to be a “College Month Honorarium”(?) with John Phillip Fisher’s name on it.
Balenciaga has now deleted its Instagram posts, and the photos were removed from its website.
