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As Balenciaga’s “Destroyed” SneakersCause Outrage,
Is It Time to Ditch the “Deliberately Distressed” Aesthetic?
BY EMILY CHAN MAY 12, 2022
Balenciaga’s [Demna] campaign has caused quite the stir on social media, featuring pairs of dirty, completely worn-out sneakers you might expect to see tossed to landfills.
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The French fashion house has said the campaign shows how the sneakers are “meant to be worn for a lifetime…” in keeping with Demna’s commentary on the climate crisis in the past (think of the apocalyptic backdrop to his fall/winter 2020 show)…
Achieving this faux worn-out effect, though, can have a huge impact on the planet and the garment workers who make our clothes, often involving the use of harsh chemicals, as well as vast amounts of energy and water... – particularly considering that more than 100 billion pieces of clothing are produced every year, and over 70 percent currently end up in landfills or are incinerated…
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