{"id":1751334,"date":"2022-11-25T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751334"},"modified":"2022-11-25T11:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:03:40","slug":"luxury-fashion-company-balenciaga-apologizes-for-creepy-child-photoshoot-complete-with-sexualized-teddy-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/luxury-fashion-company-balenciaga-apologizes-for-creepy-child-photoshoot-complete-with-sexualized-teddy-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury Fashion Company Balenciaga Apologizes for Creepy Child Photoshoot Complete With Sexualized Teddy Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fluxury-fashion-company-balenciaga-apologizes-for-creepy-child-photoshoot-complete-with-sexualized-teddy-bears%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FiDqwaqXwAAFw8d-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Luxury fashion company Balenciaga issued an apology Tuesday for their recent ad campaign, which used pictures sexualizing children as they posed with teddy bears wearing bondage uniforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">One of the pictures included a U.S. Supreme Court case, <em>U.S. v. Williams<\/em>, which criminalized child pornography. The portion shown in the picture cites another Supreme Court case, <em>Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition<\/em>, which made virtual child porn protected speech.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The company has been accused of \u201cnormalizing child pornography\u201d by many.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cThey are trying to chum up attention by incorporating a Supreme Court child porn pandering case as window dressing,\u201d\u00a0National Center on Sexual Exploitation general counsel Benjamin Bull <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/balenciaga-sparks-outrage-over-depraved-ad-campaign-with-toddlers-teddy-bears-in-bondage\/ar-AA14pGHd\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s connecting child porn with their product.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The company faced significant backlash, resulting in them removing the pictures and issuing an apology. They have also begun legal action \u201cagainst the parties responsible for creating the set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe apologize for displaying unsettling documents in our campaign,\u201d the company posted to Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: Balenciaga has now publicly apologized and is \u201ctaking legal action\u201d against the creator of their disturbing ad campaign featuring children with teddy bears in bondage gear alongside court documents about the legalization of virtual child sexual abuse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e9IEDYoMne\">pic.twitter.com\/e9IEDYoMne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LailaMickelwait\/status\/1595206793759641600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The company says some of the items displayed in the pictures were \u201cunapproved\u201d and that they \u201cstrongly condemn abuse of children in any form.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe stand for children safety and well-being,\u201d they continued. \u201cWe sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused. Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the brand &#8220;Balenciaga&#8221; just did a uh\u2026.. interesting\u2026 photoshoot for their new products recently which included a very purposely poorly hidden court document about &#8216;virtual child porn&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>normal stuff <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zjMN5WhZ0s\">pic.twitter.com\/zjMN5WhZ0s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shoe (@shoe0nhead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shoe0nhead\/status\/1594532715126202368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is not about them being provocative and getting attention,\u201d Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/balenciaga-sparks-outrage-over-depraved-ad-campaign-with-toddlers-teddy-bears-in-bondage\/ar-AA14pGHd\">told<\/a> Fox News. \u201cThe entire campaign sexualizes children, period. It is child exploitation, period. And it feeds and normalizes a culture that is dark and depraved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Kidman is featured in Balenciaga\u2019s spring 2023 collection, while Kim Kardashian and Bella Hadid have been brand ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/bthies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breccan F. Thies<\/a>\u00a0is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luxury fashion company Balenciaga issued an apology Tuesday for their recent ad campaign, which used pictures sexualizing children as they posed with teddy bears wearing bondage uniforms. 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