Kim Kardashian was spotted in a new Balenciaga ad that dropped on Thursday.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians veteran stars in the new Characters campaign alongside Naomi Watts and Isabelle Huppert.
The 43-year-old reality TV pioneer wore her hair short and platinum blonde, making her resemble iconic Hollywood siren Marilyn Monroe.
The beauty was sitting on a chair and was wearing makeup for a power party. She was wearing a ruby red dress with a black coat over her shoulders and black stockings with leopard print high heels.
Kanye West’s ex was holding a black handbag.
Kim Kardashian appeared in a new Balenciaga ad that was released on Thursday. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians veteran fronts the new Characters campaign alongside Naomi Watts and Isabelle Huppert.
The 43-year-old reality TV pioneer wore her hair short and platinum blonde, making her look like the iconic siren of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Marilyn Monroe. Seen in 1953
The session was conducted by photographer Nadav Kander.
Each star represents a “unique character” while showcasing the iconic Rodeo Bag, according to a press release.
In addition to Kim, French actress Huppert and Oscar winner Watts were also seen sitting in chairs.
Kardashian has a long history with the French fashion house founded by a Spanish designer.
She was in the fashion house’s fall 2022 campaign.
Her ex, West, introduced her to Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia, and the couple’s daughters also sport the brand and were recently spotted carrying four-figure handbags from the label.
She acknowledged the role her ex-husband had played in the relationship in December 2021 when she spoke at the People’s Choice Awards, where she accepted a fashion award.
“To Kanye, for really introducing me to the world of fashion,” she said. “I fell in love with fashion and there are so many people who inspire me. But again, it’s like a dream to be able to wake up and wear these amazing clothes, try new things and take risks. I feel so honored.”
The beauty was sitting on a chair as she was seen wearing makeup for a power party.
Naomi Watts was also part of the new campaign called Characters
At the time, Fashion She described it as “the height of Kardashian’s Balenciaga moment.”
In July 2022, Kardashian walked the runway and modeled for the brand at Paris Fashion Week.
She was seen wearing the brand as recently as last week, when she sported a exhausting Adidas x Balenciaga collaboration top, two of the designers who sidelined their ex West, 45, following his recent anti-Semitic tirades.
She was wearing a top from the collaboration between both designers, a long-sleeved black shirt with white stripes on the sleeve and the names of the brands placed in the center of the chest.
Here she is seen in a vintage advertisement for the French fashion house.
Kardashian wore the same dress alongside Hailey Baldwin and Kendall Jenner at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Also in 2022, she turned down a campaign offer from Balenciaga before breaking her silence on the BDSM child photo controversy.
The star had turned down an offer from the brand and got rid of the outfits she was going to wear at upcoming events according to sources at TMZ.
According to the publication’s sources, the Spain-based high-fashion brand had given the mother of four a proposal to do a campaign in 2023 before the controversial ads were made public.
However, it is claimed that after the images were posted online, Kim decided to reject the offer before making a public statement.
But it doesn’t end there, as TMZ sources also claim that Kim had plans to wear Balenciaga ensembles to events she was attending in the coming months, but called an audible and was in contact with other designers to look for alternative looks.
Kim was in a blonde phase earlier this year, but had dark roots.
Kim was at the center of controversy after not immediately cutting ties with the brand, as she instead said she was “reevaluating” her relationship with the brand after finally breaking her silence with a statement on social media on Sunday.
The star said that while she was “shocked” and “disgusted” to see images of the controversial ad campaign, she wanted to speak to the designer’s officials to understand how it all happened.
Clearly embarrassed by its misjudged campaign, Balenciaga took the drastic step of scrubbing its social media pages before issuing another statement on Monday morning.
“I’ve been silent for the past few days, not because I haven’t been shocked or outraged by Balenciaga’s recent campaigns, but because I wanted the opportunity to speak with their team to understand for myself how this could have happened,” the Los Angeles-born celebrity said in a statement on her Instagram page.
She continued: “As a mother of four, I have been shocked by these disturbing images. The safety of children must be considered with the utmost consideration and anything that threatens it should have no place in our society, period.”
He later reissued the statement, changing some of the wording and using stronger language, adding: “Any attempt to normalize child abuse of any kind It should have no place in our society. Period.’
Balenciaga made a poor choice in 2022. Among the clothes worn by children’s toys in the ads are fishnet stockings, chokers, string vests and chains, leading many on social media to refer to them as “child pornography” and “disturbing.”
One of the photos in the ad contained an excerpt from the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in United States v. Williams, which upheld part of a federal law on child pornography — something Twitter’s own fact-checkers confirmed.
Overall, though, Kardashian said she feels comfortable with the way the company reacted to the scandal.
“I am grateful to Balenciaga for withdrawing the campaigns and apologising. Speaking to them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the matter and will take the necessary steps to ensure this does not happen again.”
In an additional post on both Instagram and Twitter, Kardashian said she was reconsidering her relationship with the fashion brand but hadn’t made any firm decisions yet.
‘As for my future with Balenciaga, I am currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it on their willingness to accept responsibility for something that should never have happened to begin with, and on the actions I hope they will take to protect children.’
