After THAT Balenciaga T-shirt, five other crazy fashion house gimmicks for Instagram crowd you won’t want to be seen in
Would you buy Gucci’s bejewelled New York Yankees beanie, Thom Browne’s dog-shaped men’s purse, or perhaps Loewe’s Aladdin trainers? If your taste and wallet stretch far enough, here are some high-end and high-priced items to set you apart
From those infamous DHL T-shirts at Vetements, the brand Demna Gvasalia founded, to Crocs at Balenciaga, the other label he leads, the designer is fashion’s favourite provocateur. He’s at it again. This week, he set the web on fire when Balenciaga unveiled its men’s T-shirt shirt, an artful combination of a cotton button-up shirt attached to a T-shirt that sells for HK$10,300-HK$11,800 (US$1,300-$1,500) on the brand’s website. Everyone weighed in, from the BBC to The New York Times and dozens of internet users who came up with amusing Instagram memes.
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The controversy was very well timed, perhaps strategically so, as it happened barely a month after Balenciaga had to deal with calls for a boycott in China, following allegations that Chinese customers were mistreated at one of its Parisian stores.
Gvasalia, however, is not the only designer who in recent seasons has come up with garish and gimmicky items that are made for the Instagram generation and are certainly not the definition of investment pieces. Here are some others:
Thom Browne Hector bag
The American designer is so fond of Hector, his dachshund, that he turned his likeness into a men’s purse. The dog-shaped bag also comes in silver and gold and is currently available on the brand’s website for US$2,600.
