Vandals target Balenciaga stores: 'Children r not sexual objects'
A store near Balenciaga's Beverly Hills one was covered in graffiti decrying the fashion house's BDSM ads.The other side also had stick drawings of upset-looking kids, saying they are"not 4 sex!!!"The fashion house's store on Rodeo Drive is just one targeted during the ongoing scandal.Street artist Joe Bloggs admitted to Newsweek that he was the man filmed writing “paedophilia” on Balenciaga’s London store.
The Kering-owned fashion house apologized Monday, writing: “We strongly condemn child abuse; it was never our intent to include it in the narrative.” “Our plush bear bags and the gift collection should have not been featured with children,” the company admitted, saying it “was a wrong choice by Balenciaga.”
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