Facing public backlash, the fashion house owned by French luxury corporation Kering quickly scrubbed the images from its digital channels and apologized, saying in a statement currently pinned as a highlight on its Instagram account that its “plush bear bag should not have been featured with children in this campaign.” (As of Monday morning, all of the brand’s actual Instagram posts appear to have been deleted or hidden from the public.)
“I appreciate Balenciaga’s removal of the campaigns and apology,” Kardashian wrote in another tweet, which was posted on Sunday night. “In speaking with them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the issue and will take the necessary measures for this to never happen again.”
Just hours after pulling its BDSM-inspired teddy bear photos, though, Balenciaga found itself in hot water over a separate campaign for an Adidas handbag after copies of United States v. Williams, a landmark Supreme Court decision regarding the constitutionality of child pornography, were spotted in the background of an image.
In the same Instagram highlight titled “Statement,” Balenciaga issued another apology for featuring the “unsettling documents” and said it is pursuing legal action against the parties responsible. Production company North Six and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins handled the work on that set, according to reports.