Fallout from Balenciaga child photo shoot, how Realtors are using TikTok and more

High fashion brand Balenciaga is facing intense backlash after a series of ads depicted children posing with teddy bears dressed in bondage gear. Another, separate campaign featured “A printout of the 2008 United States v. Williams decision, which ruled on the constitutionality of law prohibiting the pandering of child pornography, was photographed among papers scattered across a desk in an ad for a black-and-white purse that retails for over $3,000,” the Washington Post reported. Balenciaga has announced it intends to take legal action over those photos.

However, the set designer’s agent told the Washington Post that “Everyone from Balenciaga was on the shoot and was present on every shot and worked on the edit of every image in post-production.” In other words, Balenciaga knew — or should have known — exactly what was in those images.

The fashion house apologized for both sets of images in Instagram stories.

Further exacerbating the issue, brand ambassador Kim Kardashian has said she is “re-evaluating” her relationship with Balenciaga after the teddy bear photo shoot.