To see how well their marketing has worked? I've seen these shoes pop up a bunch of times within a couple days. Y'all are advertising them every time you say they're ugly.
Yeah....if you post these images and do free marketing for balenciaga, engage in the comments section (hey, that's me), and inflate their marketing analytics during this product rollout (which heavily leverages outrage and memetics), chances are very likely that the joke is on us, the philistines who participate in the discussion.
Reminds me of a brief stint in art school. A friend walked around with his color palette he used for an oil painting. He would walk around from student to student asking them to look at his "work" passing it off as a piece. They all gave it rave reviews. Including the teacher . People aren't always smart.
It’s a marketing ploy, and it’s working. These images are of special edition “extra distressed” versions where only like 100 were made. The ones available at stores like Nordstrom are much less distressed and arguably pretty cute.
Yeah, are people dumb enough to share this Balenciaga outrage piece to keep their brand relevant and in the news between seasonal fashion lines? That's what this is, don't you morons see that this happens every year? The high fashion brands put out something fucking stupid, put an insane price tag on it, then watch as the stupids share article after article about it.
Thank you, my first thought also. A few years after Zoolander I saw the first Derelicte-style fashion show and thought "you've gotta be kidding me, they actually did an honest-to-goodness Derelicte." Just... no.
it isn't. it's an ad campaign. the actual shoes are lightly torn in some areas and there are lightly colored brown splotches on the white at the bottom of the shoes... other than that they're just high-top sneaker
If you don't know it by now, let me tell you... BALENCIAGA IS A TROLL. A lot of expensive "high fashion" is generally ridiculous, but Balenciaga takes it to another level.
Do you know the gif of the Impractical Jokers laughing like crazy after they tell Sal to dot something? That’s how I imagine companies like Balenciaga are when they release this shit to the public
Wait till they go in the bargain bin. Here’s a thought: If I bought them brand new and sent them to a Salvos or Vinnies (thrift shop) they would be binned as rubbish immediately!
I’m genuinely wondering if they’ve actually made these or not. Like this has to be some weird form of marketing because you can’t even wear the first ones? They wouldn’t stay in your feet
They're real, however the ones in the picture are a special edition "fully destroyed" version of the shoe which they only made 100 pairs of. So yea, it probably is a marketing stunt to some extent. The regular "distressed" shoes still look like an old dirty shoe but not quite this bad:
A pair will sell but people are always too dense to see this is marketing. If they sell them cool, if not they just got millions of hits on their website. I never even knew this company before this.
Demna Gvaslia has always made capitalism and politics part of his art, especially since taking over as CD at Balenciaga. It's clearly eliciting the response that was intended... same as when he riffed the Bernie logo in 2016.
Stuff like this truly shows how out of touch and straight up ignorant the wealthy class is. Only some rich fucktard would pay that much to cosplay poor people. How fucking out of touch with reality do you have to be to buy these?!
Once when I visited Vancouver I went into some local “high end” street wear type of store. They had a wall of shoes for sale and I remember one was a pair of Vans that looked similar to these that had a price tag of $5k.
I don't care if you are black or white. If you are gay or straight, man or woman, poor or richest person in the world. If you buy this shoes YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT.
I'm bout to go swap a new pair of shoes with a homeless person and throw in a meal for them. Then rip the backs out of my newly acquired shoes, pay an 8 yr old $20 to spray paint "Balenciaga" on the sides and list them as "Ultra distressed, one of a kind addition" for $4500. Win win for everyone.
I never even knew what Balenciaga was until American Horror Story: Coven. There's a scene where a character mentions it, and it bugged me that I had no idea what she said, so I ended up looking it up.
Legit looks like Chucks with the logos and labels destroyed or cut off, slushed around in mud and rubbish for a week and resold to people with way too much money and no sense
So i was trying to convince me gf that the name brand jacket she got looked like it was made from a potato sack. She said I didn’t understand fashion. Pretty sure the industry is having a competition to see how much stupid stuff they can get buyers to wear
I had a friend get denied entry into a strip club in Las Vegas because he was wearing a black hoodie and there was a dress code. He spent 20 minutes arguing that it was a 1000$ balenciaga hoodie and it was high class
Holy shit this reminds me of a time when I was 15. I was drinking and lived in a city. I blacked out and lost like 12 hours and came too with a rusty shopping cart full of shoes like this in the north end of said city. Still have no recollection of how or where i was or ce across this shopping cart full of shoes. I was so far from.home and had a big slash on my belly. I don't know what happened or why i hadn't been picked up by police being g so young and in such a state.
I work in a place where tons of millionaires and billionaires come .., and since what … around 2020 I came to “hate” balenciaga cos everyone was wearing it!! With that big obnoxious name in huge letters in all clothing!!! Same as with freaking Cartier jewelry … all these kids with it .. some 18 years olds girls with like 10 bracialets or rings just so to say “look my daddy can afford me 60,000$ worth of jewelry on my wrist”!! Plus the balenciaga shoes!! … it’s sad. You know what’s sad?? These idiots (who don’t deserve the wealth they were born into!!! None of them became rich, usually not even their daddies.. but the grandparents are filthy rich … just to let you understand the situation..) can and do travel all around the world, have infinte money and what they do?? They all dress the same and wear same brands like Communist China!! Only more glamour (kind of!)…. All that wealth and possibilities and they are all dressed the same with same jewelry!!! Cos they do it as a sign of show off how much I can spend, instead of “I buy this cos I like it”…… so that made me realize how stupid human race is, and how easy to be manipulated. Also - no offense to sheeps- but we are more Sheep than any sheep !! So … sad state of affairs!! I see maybe 3-4 people of my customers to be dressed originally (maybe with hand made cashmere sweaters more expensive than balenciaga but no brand in sight!!) with great hand made shoes and jewelry to die for! With crystals and such .. hand made by artisans!! Those people I respect cos they have got personality and taste and are original and at least they spend their money with artisans etc … the rest; pathetic.
Balenciaga’s always been the worst designer brand. You guys remember that dumbass sock sneaker? I feel like the entire brand has to be a joke to see what idiot is going to throw their money at it.
I have a pair of vans like this, only took maybe 8 years. this sounds like a deal to me if you consider the time and world experience you would need to get them like this.
Everyone here is discussing a high fashion brand that will never see their money. Anyone who may have a passing interest in these shoes and sees this post may have their opinion swayed by the countless people shitting on the shoes. How exactly is this scenario a positive for this brand?
This is an IQ test
You are 200 IQ if you can sell shoes like this for $1,850.
To see how well their marketing has worked? I've seen these shoes pop up a bunch of times within a couple days. Y'all are advertising them every time you say they're ugly.
Yeah....if you post these images and do free marketing for balenciaga, engage in the comments section (hey, that's me), and inflate their marketing analytics during this product rollout (which heavily leverages outrage and memetics), chances are very likely that the joke is on us, the philistines who participate in the discussion.
Reminds me of a brief stint in art school. A friend walked around with his color palette he used for an oil painting. He would walk around from student to student asking them to look at his "work" passing it off as a piece. They all gave it rave reviews. Including the teacher . People aren't always smart.
It’s a marketing ploy, and it’s working. These images are of special edition “extra distressed” versions where only like 100 were made. The ones available at stores like Nordstrom are much less distressed and arguably pretty cute.
Yeah, are people dumb enough to share this Balenciaga outrage piece to keep their brand relevant and in the news between seasonal fashion lines? That's what this is, don't you morons see that this happens every year? The high fashion brands put out something fucking stupid, put an insane price tag on it, then watch as the stupids share article after article about it.
An iq test for the mebtally impaired really
so, umm asking for a friend...
The homeless people were organic free range and grass fed tho
Ironically to sell to edgy kids who wanna pretend they're homeless.
I've seen homeless people with better shoes. The Little Match Girl had better shoes before she lost them.
Wild caught is so much better than farm raised.
Did Balenciaga hire Mugatu to design shoes? This is giving Derelicte vibes.
These shoes can derelicte my balls
Hey, let's get our sneakers like that together and write "blue steel" on the side.
Thank you, my first thought also. A few years after Zoolander I saw the first Derelicte-style fashion show and thought "you've gotta be kidding me, they actually did an honest-to-goodness Derelicte." Just... no.
KILL THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA, DERRICK!!!
This is exactly where my brain went
Hansel, he's so hot right now!
They did
TODD!
Nah, my local sidewalk and alley guys designed them.
Life imitates art.
No its not its giving lost in the woods for 30 years vides
Bruh I thought this was a sarcastic meme post. I looked up and shit is real
That’s some Zoolander bullshit right there. I’d love to know how many they sold. They should be called Burkensucks.
Bruh
it isn't. it's an ad campaign. the actual shoes are lightly torn in some areas and there are lightly colored brown splotches on the white at the bottom of the shoes... other than that they're just high-top sneaker
Here's some other nice ones that were for $1645
Hanging these off hydro wires would make for a very expensive hit
I will never forgive Canada for calling their electricity water
If you don't know it by now, let me tell you... BALENCIAGA IS A TROLL. A lot of expensive "high fashion" is generally ridiculous, but Balenciaga takes it to another level.
Do you know the gif of the Impractical Jokers laughing like crazy after they tell Sal to dot something? That’s how I imagine companies like Balenciaga are when they release this shit to the public
They make stupid rich people appear.
Wait till they go in the bargain bin. Here’s a thought: If I bought them brand new and sent them to a Salvos or Vinnies (thrift shop) they would be binned as rubbish immediately!
now all their clothes automatically go up in price the older they get genius idea really
That’s why my chucks look like after 1850 days of wear.
You're getting some serious mileage out of chucks. Mine are trash within months.
The same people who purchase NFTs will purchase these shoes.
The “more money than sense” club
That is soooooo Derelicte!
“You can dere-lick my balls capi-tan.”
I wonder how much I could get for my 'Distressed' tighty whities.
Would be funny if they started selling “New” shit streaked briefs.
$1,400 per skid mark
I know you’re joking, but there’s….a market….
https://mydownunders.com
Or my walmart nike knockoffa that are distressed to hell from 3 months use
You mean I can go dumpster diving and get them for free?
I wouldn't wear them even if I was paid for it
They look like they were found at the bottom of a lake
So no one wanted them when they were better?
This makes me feel distressed.
I have some shoes that happen to have some dog shit from when I was in the back yard cleaning, bidding starts at $500
What breed of dog?
What’s next, jeans with the knees ripped out? Ha, nah, nobody would fall for that…
I’ve seen jeans that were more hole than denim. $300. All I can do is laugh.
The guy in my alley who screams "FUCK" at the top of his lungs a hundred times a day has the pair on the top right.
If I bought these, I'd probably do exactly that.
Are you fucking kidding me?
I’m genuinely wondering if they’ve actually made these or not. Like this has to be some weird form of marketing because you can’t even wear the first ones? They wouldn’t stay in your feet
They're real, however the ones in the picture are a special edition "fully destroyed" version of the shoe which they only made 100 pairs of. So yea, it probably is a marketing stunt to some extent. The regular "distressed" shoes still look like an old dirty shoe but not quite this bad:
A pair will sell but people are always too dense to see this is marketing. If they sell them cool, if not they just got millions of hits on their website. I never even knew this company before this.
When the homeless can afford better shoes than you
They don’t have to work. Can hang out all day. Go where ever they want. Wear the latest trends, or setting them. Get handouts. Lucky fucks.
Dere-LICT is so hot right now
If this is true:
Rich people cosplaying poor people
Demna Gvaslia has always made capitalism and politics part of his art, especially since taking over as CD at Balenciaga. It's clearly eliciting the response that was intended... same as when he riffed the Bernie logo in 2016.
https://www.balenciaga.com/en-us/limited-edition---paris-high-top-sneaker-full-destroyed-white-726175W3RCD9010.html
You are now talking about Balenciaga, mission accomplished. They aren't stupid this is called marketing
What’s wrong with people spending their own money on whatever they want?
And people will buy them. And the designer and top execs will laugh all the way to the bank.
I got about 3 pairs that look like these for $250 each I’ll even sharpie something clever on the side for free!!
Buy $10 shoes at Walmart and trade a street bum for theirs. Win win
I got a few pair of these I’m willing to let go for only 1200, hmu. /s
Those are SO derelicte!
Rich people immitating the poor and hard working as a fashion statement smh.
I had a pair of vans in college that looked just like that.
what did they smell like is the real question?
Derilique
Mental Illness
Derelicte, so hot right now.
ah yes, always wanted to put myself in the shoes of a 25yo crackhead
Lol people are so fuckin dumb.
New “derilique” campaign
I wonder if they smell like shit too
Looks like a marketing campaign to get an online conversation going because controversy tbh
Derelict
Homeless fashion for the millionaire.
Homeless people have some good black market opportunities here.
Literally garbage.
$925 and I’ll send you a pair.
[удалено]
Nothing!
Derelicte irl lol
Stuff like this truly shows how out of touch and straight up ignorant the wealthy class is. Only some rich fucktard would pay that much to cosplay poor people. How fucking out of touch with reality do you have to be to buy these?!
Derelicté
Meanwhile people can't find baby formula for any price.
I mean balenciaga never made any food products tho
Two things that have absolutely zero connection to one another.
im not much into fashionista but i have a bunch of these in the basement
Walking dead collection
Once when I visited Vancouver I went into some local “high end” street wear type of store. They had a wall of shoes for sale and I remember one was a pair of Vans that looked similar to these that had a price tag of $5k.
Derelicte
Derelicte!
I feel like they're just fucking with us
Stealing a homeless guys shoes would be a lot cheaper
These shoes look like they were unearthed by archeologysts
Its so you don't get eaten when the poor revolt
Well turns out i own loads of Balenciaga shoes!
I hate this so much.
"WW3 Chic"
Sick drip bro!
High fashion is ridiculously stupid.
I don't care if you are black or white. If you are gay or straight, man or woman, poor or richest person in the world. If you buy this shoes YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT.
I'm bout to go swap a new pair of shoes with a homeless person and throw in a meal for them. Then rip the backs out of my newly acquired shoes, pay an 8 yr old $20 to spray paint "Balenciaga" on the sides and list them as "Ultra distressed, one of a kind addition" for $4500. Win win for everyone.
Balenciaga is like 6 months away from releasing a 50k cardboard box that they call a "mobile closet"
An extra $500 dollars and a homeless person will take a shit in them just prior to delivery
I never even knew what Balenciaga was until American Horror Story: Coven. There's a scene where a character mentions it, and it bugged me that I had no idea what she said, so I ended up looking it up.
Does it come with a freshly minted NFT ?
Legit looks like Chucks with the logos and labels destroyed or cut off, slushed around in mud and rubbish for a week and resold to people with way too much money and no sense
Hey! the homeless guy also sells these, but at friends and family discount
Do they just have homeless people finding shoes in the landfill for them or something. This is hilarious
They are actually just taking the piss now. Next release is “vomit on shirt” $2,000.
I guess you can dere-lick my balls
You can Derelicte my balls capitan
Its Derelicte
Putting the "con" in eCONomy.
And you know some dudes spending his girls tax return on them fuckers
Derelicte
they just went in a dumpster
So i was trying to convince me gf that the name brand jacket she got looked like it was made from a potato sack. She said I didn’t understand fashion. Pretty sure the industry is having a competition to see how much stupid stuff they can get buyers to wear
man, I JUST tossed a pair of converse that look like this!
Derelict
Imagine someone being furious behind these shoes getting dirty or something.
holy fuck! I’m gonna be rich!
Cool. Looks like I can make a quick buck next time I see some discarded shoes in the storm drain.
"Derilicte" finally happened.
The Derelict Campaign. So hot right now.
Balenciaga can derelick my balls
Literally watched Zoolander yesterday lmao
Derelique my balls!
I wish I had no morals so I could sell literal garbage as luxury clothes
I had a friend get denied entry into a strip club in Las Vegas because he was wearing a black hoodie and there was a dress code. He spent 20 minutes arguing that it was a 1000$ balenciaga hoodie and it was high class
Deraliqued
"Let me show you.. Derelicte!"
Holy shit this reminds me of a time when I was 15. I was drinking and lived in a city. I blacked out and lost like 12 hours and came too with a rusty shopping cart full of shoes like this in the north end of said city. Still have no recollection of how or where i was or ce across this shopping cart full of shoes. I was so far from.home and had a big slash on my belly. I don't know what happened or why i hadn't been picked up by police being g so young and in such a state.
They have the same shoes “undistressed” for $600. Which makes it look like a deal
High end fashion is just companies testing how stupid their customers are
Well no normal people are going to buy it, let them scam the rich
You would think for that much they would be artisanal made perhaps in France but no, they are still just
They look like they have been taken off a dead guy who was dragged behind a car and dumped in a barrel in Lake Mead near Las Vegas.
They not distressed they homeless
rich people would buy anything, i could literally cum inside of a jar and put lewie vitton on it and it'll be sold out in 3 minutes
Derelicte!
Their end game is to be able to sue every homeless person for trademark infringement.
Anyone who wants to pay $1850 for these shoes deserves to.
Supercalafragalisticexpiala atrocious
Part of the goals in fashion seem to be what absolute shit can you sell to people and laugh at the schmuck buying it
I work in a place where tons of millionaires and billionaires come .., and since what … around 2020 I came to “hate” balenciaga cos everyone was wearing it!! With that big obnoxious name in huge letters in all clothing!!! Same as with freaking Cartier jewelry … all these kids with it .. some 18 years olds girls with like 10 bracialets or rings just so to say “look my daddy can afford me 60,000$ worth of jewelry on my wrist”!! Plus the balenciaga shoes!! … it’s sad. You know what’s sad?? These idiots (who don’t deserve the wealth they were born into!!! None of them became rich, usually not even their daddies.. but the grandparents are filthy rich … just to let you understand the situation..) can and do travel all around the world, have infinte money and what they do?? They all dress the same and wear same brands like Communist China!! Only more glamour (kind of!)…. All that wealth and possibilities and they are all dressed the same with same jewelry!!! Cos they do it as a sign of show off how much I can spend, instead of “I buy this cos I like it”…… so that made me realize how stupid human race is, and how easy to be manipulated. Also - no offense to sheeps- but we are more Sheep than any sheep !! So … sad state of affairs!! I see maybe 3-4 people of my customers to be dressed originally (maybe with hand made cashmere sweaters more expensive than balenciaga but no brand in sight!!) with great hand made shoes and jewelry to die for! With crystals and such .. hand made by artisans!! Those people I respect cos they have got personality and taste and are original and at least they spend their money with artisans etc … the rest; pathetic.
People will pay for the absolute dumbest shit.
the emperor is naked
How about you derilick my balls
I didn't know if I want designer shoes I just need to dumpster dive.
I refuse to believe these are real, no chance. Even if M
artesian harvested from organically grown homeless
Selling hobo shoes...cultural appropriation at it's finest.
Balenciaga’s always been the worst designer brand. You guys remember that dumbass sock sneaker? I feel like the entire brand has to be a joke to see what idiot is going to throw their money at it.
Why can’t I think of clever ways to separate rich people from their money?
If I saw these hanging from a telephone wire or on the bank of a river I wouldn’t even think twice that that’s where they belong.
These can derelick my balls
any rich fucks doing a zombie cosplay?
I love it when people cosplay as poor.
More appropriately should be posted to
What a stupid dystopia.
It’s like…. Straight out of Zoolander
Homeless sheek
Derelicté
Chic?
boneappletea
They should be ashamed, but they are shameless.
Yes...people hipsters are this stupid.
Not the dedicated hipsters. More like the weekend warrior hipsters. To quote always sunny:
Do hipsters really still exist?
Meanwhile I’m still wearing my 10yo con’s because I can’t bring myself to spend $60 on a new pair
I saw a crackhead in downtown Seattle wearing some shoes that looked just like these!
They paid a homeless person ten dollars for their shoes, only to charge an excessive amount for them.
balenciaga is known for doing ironic shit like this its not like they arent self aware
I have a pair of vans like this, only took maybe 8 years. this sounds like a deal to me if you consider the time and world experience you would need to get them like this.
Yeah it's a bargain.
I have seen spelling of chic as sheek and sheik in these comments. Did we pass the supposed IQ test?
How often do people see the word rather than just hear it? Don't be a prick.
Bruh…
The number of people commenting on this is why they made them.
Everyone here is discussing a high fashion brand that will never see their money. Anyone who may have a passing interest in these shoes and sees this post may have their opinion swayed by the countless people shitting on the shoes. How exactly is this scenario a positive for this brand?