The reality television star is the face of a new campaign that also features actors Isabella Huppert and Naomi Watts. This campaign is a continuation of the collaboration that she originally had with the design brand.
A plunging red wrap dress, a black fur coat, and Balenciaga’s leopard-print Knife stilettos depict the SKIMS billionaire, who is 43 years old, transforming into a platinum blonde stunner. Nadav Kander was the photographer who captured this transformation. As she sits in a chair and gazes into the camera with a smoldering gaze, she is carrying the renowned Rodeo bag from Balenciaga, which is black in color and retails for $5,190 for the largest style.
A teased blonde wig, over-lined lips, and super-arched eyebrows are some of the alterations that the American Horror Story: Delicate star makes to better immerse herself in the character.
Kardashian is currently participating in her second campaign since the beginning of her ambassadorship in January of this year. When she made her official appearance, she struck a pose in her closet with all 129 of her Balenciaga Le City bags (she counted them all). She was quite intimate about the situation.
An announcement was made regarding Kardashian’s work with Balenciaga one year after she stated that she was reevaluating her association with the brand in the wake of the scandal that occurred in 2022 around their holiday advertisements. The advertisements included children carrying teddy bears while wearing bondage gear, in addition to other contentious imagery.
The terrifying images have horrified Kardashian, who is the mother of four children—North, 11, Saint, 8, Chicago, 6, and Psalm, 5—who she shares with her ex-husband Kanye West. She stated in a statement that was posted on X (which was then known as Twitter) that “the safety of children must be held with the highest regard, and any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society.”
I am grateful that Balenciaga has apologized and removed the campaigns from their website. After having a conversation with them, I get the impression that they are aware of the gravity of the situation and are committed to taking the appropriate steps to ensure that something like this does not occur again,” Kardashian stated in the statement.
As time has progressed, Balenciaga has increased the number of celebrity relationships they have. In July 2022, prior to the controversy that they experienced from their campaign, Kardashian walked the runway for the house’s debut show in Paris alongside Naomi Campbell, Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid, and Nicole Kidman, who would later become ambassadors for the brand.
And if there is one thing that can be deduced from the most recent advertising campaign for the company, it is that it will continue to bolster its star power in the not-too-distant future.