Balenciaga: Ruby Tuesday Matthews slams fellow influencers for staying silent on teddy bear bondage
A prominent Australian fashion blogger has slammed influencers for refusing to publicly condemn Balenciaga following the fashion house’s recent BDSM child photo scandal.
Balenciaga triggered outrage with its 2022 Holiday advertising campaign, which depicted children holding teddy bears that were dressed in bondage attire, and its Spring/Summer 2023 campaign featuring pages from a US Supreme Court decision on child pornography laws.
The fashion house apologized for the images of the teddy bears in a long statement Monday. However, they insist on claiming full responsibility. It was not involved in the photoshoot that featured child porn legislation.
Ruby Tuesday Matthews (pictured), has blasted fellow influencers who refused to condemn Balenciaga after the fashion house’s recent BDSM photo scandal involving children.
Ruby Tuesday Matthews is a Byron Bay-based influencer who has criticized the brand for shifting blame. She wrote to Instagram on Tuesday, “This is your Balenciaga apology.” This is a brand that I have admired and loved over the years, so I am angry at their response.
The mother-of-3 said, “To my fellow “influencers”, who are first to post about trend handbags and push designer products, and go at the upscale events. Your silence is deafening,” in a follow-up post.
“You still have the time to speak up for children. You can use your platform to do good. You’ll be invited to the events, and you’ll get your bags. She added that they would need to have a PR miracle.
Balenciaga’s 2022 Holiday advertisement campaign caused outrage. It featured children holding teddy bears dressed in bondage clothing (pictured).
Matthews, a Byron Bay-based influential, has criticised the brand for shifting blame and wrote to Instagram on Tuesday: ‘This Balenciaga, your apology. This is an insult to a brand that I have admired and loved for many years.
The mother-of-three said, “To my fellow “influencers”, who are first to post about trend handbags. Push designer goods and attend the upscale events. Your silence is deafening,” in a follow-up post.
Matthews included screenshots of fans’ comments congratulating Matthews on her decision to publicly denigrate the Paris-based fashion label.
Balenciaga’s Holiday ad campaign for 2022 featured children posing with bags resembling teddy bears, and was dressed in BDSM gear.
The children were also seen with empty champagne and wine glasses in the photos.
Matthews also shared several screenshots of the comments she received from her fans congratulating and denouncing Paris-based fashion brand.
Balenciaga is a popular brand with A-list celebrities like Kim Kardashian. Two shocking images of two young girls holding a teddy bear dressed in bondage gear were removed from the website’s gift shop section.
After Balenciaga’s campaigns are not without their flaws. Eager critics began to examine them closely. The background of the Spring ’23 campaign image was actually a printout from the Supreme Court ruling regarding whether internet child porn is legal. (pictured)
Many were immediately disturbed by the clearly adult themes and asked why children have ever been used.
Kim Kardashian, the brand’s most powerful ambassador, stated that she was’reevaluating’ her relationship to the fashion house after the scandal but did not disengage herself from the brand.
Balenciaga ignored the scandal around the teddy bear photos at first and seemingly allowed the photographer who was involved, Gabriele Galimberti, to take the heat.
Kim Kardashian (pictured), brand’s biggest ambassador, announced that she was’reevaluating’ her relationship to the fashion house after the scandal. However, she did not decide to distance herself from the brand.
He Balenciaga eventually released its own statement, agreeing with him and claiming responsibility for the campaign.
It has been removed from the internet.
After Balenciaga’s other campaigns were also scrutinized closely after the BDSM fiasco.
Kim posted the initial statement on her Instagram Stories account, Sunday night.
Kardashian also posted an additional tweet, this time to Instagram and Twitter, stating that she is reevaluating her relationship with the fashion company.
Soon, they discovered that the background of the Spring ’23 image was actually a printout from the Supreme Court regarding whether internet child porn is legal.
Many critics of the bears scandal said that it indicated a troubling pattern within Balenciaga.
Balenciaga blamed North Six Production Company, which helped to arrange the shoot for those documents, quickly.
This was the July ad that featured the printout for the US Supreme Court child porn rule
They claimed they had given all props for the photoshoot over to North Six and that their team was told everything was fake.
Balenciaga has yet to respond to the inclusion of Michael Borremans’ book in the background of two images from Spring ’23.
Borremans, a Belgian painter, is known for his troubling 2017 series Fire. From The Sun.
It features naked toddlers (some of them castrated) playing in a group or alone.
BONDAGE BEARS AND CHILD PORN DOCS ARE PART OF THE BALENCIAGA SCANDAL. ARTISTS KNOWN FOR DEPICTING NAKED PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE BALENCIAGA SCANDAL
The Bondage Bears Christmas campaign
Balenciaga’s 2022 Holiday campaign featured children holding its Plush Toy Bag. The bags look similar to teddy bears. They are also dressed in BDSM gear.
The children were also surrounded by empty champagne and wine glasses during the photo shoot.
Many were immediately disturbed by the clearly adult themes and asked why children have ever been used.
Balenciaga ignored the scandal at first and seemingly allowed the photographer who was involved, Gabriele Galimberti, to take the heat.
He Balenciaga finally released its own statement agreeing to him and claiming responsibility for the campaign.
It has been removed from the internet.
The secret porn of children
After Balenciaga’s other campaigns were also scrutinized closely after the BDSM fiasco.
Soon, they discovered that the background of the Spring ’23 image was actually a printout from the Supreme Court regarding whether internet child porn is legal.
Many critics said that the scandal involving the bears pointed to a disturbing pattern in Balenciaga.
Balenciaga blamed North Six Production Company, which helped to arrange the shoot for those documents, quickly.
They claimed that all props were given to North Six for photoshoot, and that the team was told everything was fake.
The disturbing book by an artist whose artwork depicts naked, castrated toddlers
Balenciaga has yet to respond to the inclusion of Michael Borremans’ book in the background of two images from Spring ’23.
Borremans, a Belgian painter, is known for his troubling 2017 series Fire. From The Sun.
It features naked toddlers (some of them castrated) playing in a group or alone.
DailyMail.com asked lawyers for the brand about the fate of the book in the photoshoot.
In this image from Balenciaga’s scrapped Spring ’23 campaign, Isabelle Huppert sits in front of a stack of books including one that celebrates Michael Borremans, a Belgian painter whose work is known to include depictions of castrated toddlers
Borremans also created the 2017 series Fire. From The Sun features castrated babies and toddlers holding what appear to be severed limbs while playing nude together in large groups.
