Why buy a towel when you can buy Balenciaga’s towel skirt for just Rs 77000 ( 925 american dollars). The material of the towel in the limelight of controversy is not made of cashmere wool or pure silk. It’s just your plain old friend Terry cotton.
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$925 Towel Skirt available for pre-order :
The towel skirt first made its appearance as part of Balenciaga’s spring 2024 collection and sparked quite a bit of fuss on social media. The high end fashion brand is famously known and associated with unconventional and eccentric designs slapped with ridiculous prices has done it again with its latest piece. The fluffiest, neverthless, regular cotton towel is now made available for pre-order on the Balenciaga website for a staggering cost of $925.
It seems that Designer Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga is almost equally enthusiastic about trolling as he is about creating luxurious fashion, if not more so.
History of pranks played by Balenciaga :
The proof is in the pudding . When you look back and see the $1,850 “destroyed” sneakers that appear to have been marinated in sewer water and the $1,800 “trash pouch” handbag, which resembles a Hefty, are proof of this. With a recently unveiled $925 terry-cloth towel skirt that is a part of its spring 2024 collection, Gvasalia has done it once more.
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For those who are remotely interested in purchasing this luxury towel skirt , here are the few of its “features”. The Balenciaga towel skirt sits at knee length and is made of beige terry cotton that is intended to fit comfortably at mid-waist. It comes with an adjustable belt and a pair of buttons on the inner side of the waistband and is a unisex product.
At the end of the day it’s just a cotton towel that has a Balenciaga logo embroidered tone-on-tone at front. If you are feeling like you are missing out because of the price , amazon website has a much more affordable and functionable option , a $21.99 wrap towel that will give you a similar appearance and has a front pocket.
“Forever designer” – Balenciaga :
The 42-year-old Georgian designer temporarily vowed to give up gimmicky items after Balenciaga’s 2022 holiday ad was accused of sexualizing children.
“I have decided to go back to my roots in fashion as well as to the roots of Balenciaga, which is making quality clothes—not making image or buzz,” he stated to Vogue in February.
In the same month, he released his fall 2023 collection, which featured a range of sophisticated pieces that paid homage to the original qualities of house founder Cristóbal Balenciaga: body-morphing volume and exquisite design.
Although the show received a lot of praise for its exquisite tailoring, Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times described the runway show as a “move of those in repentance” and claimed the clothing “had been not especially groundbreaking.”
Following the exhibition, Gvasalia reaffirmed his commitment, stating that he would keep putting on fashion-focused shows and positioned himself as a “forever designer,” nevertheless a $925 bath towel remains on display.
Gvasalia seems to be unable to resist producing increasingly absurd, exorbitant luxury items meant to milk money out of the brand-obsessed. Perhaps this is all part of his larger scheme, though. October 20, 22: “I dislike the fact that luxury is constantly meant to convey your status as wealthy,” he stated to The New York Times.
