Balenciaga sells $1,800 bag of chips! But there’s a catch, there’s no actual salty goodness in it.
Lay’s x Balenciaga
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Fashion brands and great snack companies are teaming up to bring people’s favorite things together; fashion and food. The two most important ‘f’ words.
The bag is a leather clutch designed to look like a regular chip bag and lined with a simple silver zip closure. The bag is expected to come in four flavor variations, including original, flamin’ hot, limón, and salt & vinegar.
follow Hypebeast, the bag will surely sell for $1,800 compared to $5 for family-sized Lay’s chips at the store. The collaboration first came to light at Balenciaga’s famous spring/summer 2023 “The Mud Show”.
Balenciaga Fashion Creative Demna Takes a Closer Look
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The unconventional purse design was given the star treatment by Balenciaga’s creative director Demna who shared a few pieces of the bag on her Instagram. “The Lay’s x Balenciaga leather chip bag 🤍,” she wrote alongside a series of photos that make up the current design.
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One looks like a regular, tabbed chip, the other a variation of a flaming ‘hot lay’ both of which spell out the brand name above the chip design.
The last bag is limón and it says Balenciaga Paris. The controversial design drop comes after Balenciaga supported Kanye West by allowing him to walk in their muddy show. Therefore, the reception was less than welcoming.
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Fans Are Not Happy With Balenciaga
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Denma’s comments are filled with hatred and questions about the West, the commercialism of the bag, and the tone-deafness of the whole situation.
“Are you going to say something about Kanye West and Demnas’ relationship, or the outrageous things Kanye West said about the people who work at Balenciaga. Or maybe about his anti-semitic views? Or is this too real for the page?” asked a follower.
“Leather never looked cheap (and this is not a critic),” one follower slammed the bag. “Leave this action to moschino. You’re losing your audience,” shared another upset fashion lover.
The brand generated constant hate for this one. Despite this, there are still many fans of the brand and they expect the drop. Some even made their own request, “Please make one of the orange chips 🙏🏼,” begged one follower. Another pleaded for a “giveaway”.
Balenciaga Embraces the Weird
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The brand let the drama slide back billions of dollars. They’re used to pushing the norm and the Lay’s x Balenciaga collaboration is just the latest in a set of what some consider ridiculous collaborations.
The Spanish fashion house sells trash bags for $1,790. They’re also selling damaged shoes, Croc pumps, a t-shirt with another t-shirt attached to it aptly called a “t-shirt” and that $1,700 blue Ikea bag.
Are you expecting something different from the brand?
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