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Harry Styles, Gucci, a teddy-bear shirt and a mattress: What could go wrong? Plenty

Just weeks after luxury fashion brand Balenciaga caught heat for recent ad campaigns, parent company Kering is in hot water again. This time Gucci is facing criticism for ads that critics allege sexualize children.

Los Angeles Times

Harry Styles advert for Gucci sparks fresh row after Balenciaga campaign scandal

An ad campaign from Kering-owned Gucci is facing backlash just weeks after a similar controversy over Balenciaga ads featuring children

The Independent UK

Gucci ad starring Harry Styles in teddy bear shirt sparks backlash amid Balenciaga campaign criticism

An ad campaign from Kering-owned Gucci is facing backlash just weeks after a similar controversy over Balenciaga ads featuring children

The Independent UK

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Saturday Night Live Christmas cold open drags Kanye West and Elon Musk

Penultimate episode of latest series aired on Saturday 10 December

The Independent UK

Balenciaga photographer ‘receives death threats’ over scandal, says child models were children of employees

Gabriele Galimberti said the parents of the child models holding teddy bears didn’t ‘raise concerns’ about BDSM

The Independent UK

Kanye West’s Yeezy brand owes $600,000 in unpaid taxes to California, report says

The rapper recently claimed he owes ‘around $50m’ in taxes

The Independent UK

Photographer ‘receives death threats’ after Balenciaga S&M teddy campaign

Gabriele Galimberti says he had no input into objects used in images and brand’s delay in apologising led to further abuse

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Trump appears at Mar-a-Lago event with QAnon influencer and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist

The former president appeared moments after Liz Crokin addressed the Michael Flynn-hosted event

The Independent UK

Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli and Bella Hadid win big at 2022 British Fashion Awards

The prestigious fashion awards recognised industry figures

The Independent UK

Fashion Awards 2022: the winners, the Balenciaga controversy and a tribute to the Queen

Demna shunned, Valentino crowned, and a Nineties old guard is celebrated once again

Evening Standard

Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli wins designer of the year at Fashion Awards

Accolade presented by Florence Pugh at London ceremony that Balenciaga creative head was absent from after ad controversy

The Guardian - UK

Kim Kardashian needed Kanye West and Balenciaga to make her a fashion star

Try as she might, Kim Kardashian is having a difficult time distancing herself from the separate controversies engulfing her ex-husband Kanye West and the luxury fashion house Balenciaga, her lucrative fashion brand partner.

Tribune News Service

Balenciaga’s controversial new campaign and the long history of 'shockvertising'

Kim Kardashian is refining her personal brand. Right-wing news outlet Fox TV is gaining viewers through attention-grabbing headlines. Photographer Gabriele Galimberti is gaining notoriety. All this is due to a recent advertising campaign from leading global fashion brand Balenciaga that has caused widespread controversy.

The Conversation

Kris Jenner shares cryptic post about 'forgiveness and being kind' amid Balenciaga drama

Kris Jenner has reminded her fans to be forgiving sharing a meaningful quote from the bible following the Balenciaga campaign scandal that has dogged her family this week

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Daily Record

Crocs obsessed mum has spent 22 years building her collection of 450 pairs

Rochelle Burke, 38, invested in her first pair in the early 2000s - and now she says she "can't stop buying them".

The New Daily

What Balenciaga’s BDSM controversy tells us about high fashion’s dire problems

The few fashion magazines still circulating are no longer and help. There are nice clothes out there, but by God you have to search for them!

Fortune

Denounced by Adidas and kicked off Twitter twice: A timeline of Kanye West’s anti-Semitic outbursts that have cost him millions

“I tried my best,” Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday. “Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”

The Independent UK

Balenciaga says it will drop lawsuit against production company in new statement

The brand has issued three statements since the backlash

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The Independent UK

Balenciaga scandal - Brand issues statement, drops lawsuit as creative director responds to backlash

As it happened - Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga embroiled in controversy over ads featuring children

The Independent UK

Balenciaga creative director Demna issues apology amid campaign ad scandal: ‘I need to learn from this’

‘I want to personally apologise for the wrong artistic choice of concept for the gifting campaign with kids and I take my responsibility’

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Guardian - UK

Can Stan Smith trainers survive the attentions of Matt Hancock?

The former health secretary wore a pair of the Adidas classics as he left the jungle after under-fire Balenciaga launched their own tie-in. Is there any coming back?

Fortune

‘I tried my best’: Musk kicks Kanye off Twitter again over swastika post

Kanye West's return to Twitter lasted a matter of days.

Wales Online

Meet the woman obsessed with Crocs who has spent over 20 years building her collection of 450 pairs

Originally, Rochelle Burke started buying the shoes due to a foot condition but she soon fell in love with them and has pairs from all over the world

Daily Mirror

Kim Kardashian risks wardrobe malfunction as she steps out in tiny top amid Kanye drama

Kim Kardashian seemingly put her woes behind her for the night as she went to a fancy Miami restaurant with sister Khloe Kardashian

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