Fans aren’t head over heels for the newest Balenciaga campaign.
On Thursday, the Spanish fashion house released its annual Valentine’s Day garments — but not everyone was smitten with the apparel, which features rips, ragged hems and writing in faux lipstick.
A $595 tattered tee is riddled with holes, while a zip-up hoodie, which retails for $1,190, is adorned with destroyed hems and distressed seams.
On the front of each pieces — available in “dirty white” or “super faded washed black” — the phrase “Joyful Valentine’s” and a heart are scrawled in what’s purported to appear like lipstick.
Meanwhile, on the back and written in the identical “handwritten typeface” is a poem: “Roses are red, violets are blue, I’ll eternally be pleased about you.”
In accordance with Balenciaga’s website, it was designed with the intention of “evoking the heartfelt gesture of personalizing a present for somebody special.”
But the clothes were deemed garish by critics online, who mocked the supposed “high fashion” graphic apparel and compared the wildly expensive items to pieces from Zara or Shein.
They were branded as “trash,” “boring” and “mid,” with one Instagram user going to date as to call people “crazy” for “pondering that is luxury fashion wear.”
“Tax anyone who can afford this,” chided one person.
“Giving Shein,” criticized one other.
“A few of these brands have just been trolling us. I swear,” one other user chimed in.
“H&M makes higher clothes than this,” slammed another person.
“Fire but I’m not spending over $500 on a t-shirt,” one consumer said.
The style house has routinely been subject to scrutiny by fashion fans as a result of its often outlandish apparel that doesn’t meet everyone’s tastes — from the “Barefoot Zero” shoes to the viral skirts that were in comparison with towels.
