Kim Kardashian has a pricey new item in her wardrobe.
It’s an $825 T-shirt from Balenciaga with three of her faces on the front and her signature on the back.
She shared two photos of herself in what is marketed an an ‘oversized’ T-shirt on her Instagram Story on Friday.
The SKIMS founder, 44, captioned it ‘BALENCIAGA FALL 25’ while looking sanguine on a couch next to a pile of the Kim K tops.
The shirt is part of the French fashion house’s Brand Ambassador Fan club Series which hit the market on Friday.
In addition to Kim, T-shirts are available with the visages of other Balenciaga starlets like Isabelle Huppert, Michelle Yeoh, Nicole Kidman and Thai actor PP Krit Amnuaydechkorn.
Kim Kardashian has a pricey new item in her wardrobe. It’s an $825 t-shirt from Balenciaga with three of her faces on the front and her signature on the back.
The Paris-based fashion house’s statement reads: ‘Inspired by vintage fanclub merchandise, the series featuring aged figurative artwork that pays tribute to the Ambassadors.
‘Their printed signature on the t-shirt back replicates a permanent marker autograph on long-loved fan memorabilia, evoking the feel of a personally signed keepsake from one’s favorite actress or musician.’
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Kim has long been associated with Balenciaga and has been a brand ambassador since January 2024.
Balenciaga is Kim’s absolute favorite brand and she’s made that known in various ways including attending a ready-to-wear show wearing nothing but Balenciaga’s logo on packing tape wound around her curves.
She also attended the Met Gala with the brand’s fashion director Demna and has starred in several ad campaigns for the brand.
‘For several years now, Balenciaga’s designs have been a part of my many looks — and some of my most iconic fashion moments,’ Kardashian said in a statement when she was named brand ambassador.
‘This historic fashion house embraces modernity, craftsmanship and takes an innovative approach to design under Denma.’
‘For me, this longstanding relationship is built on mutual trust and a commitment to doing what’s right. I’m excited about this next chapter for the brand and to become their ambassador,’ she added.
She shared two photos of herself in what is marketed an an ‘oversized’ T-shirt on her Instagram Story and main page on Friday
The T-shirt is part of the French fashion house’s Brand Ambassador Fan club Series which hit the market on Friday
In addition to Kim, t-shirts are available with the visages of the other Balenciaga ambassadors Isabelle Huppert, Michelle Yeoh, Nicole Kidman and Thai actor PP Krit Amnuaydechkorn
The Paris-based fashion house’s statement reads: ‘Inspired by vintage fanclub merchandise, the series featuring aged figurative artwork that pays tribute to the Ambassadors’
Over Christmas 2022 the fashion house was accused of ‘pedophilia’ over their holiday ad campaign that featured very young children holding teddy bears dressed in bondage gear.
Kim spoke out about the controversy at the time.
‘As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images,’ the reality TV star said.
‘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.’
Publicly condemning the company and then singing its praises soon after raised eyebrows among Kim’s fanbase but a crisis PR expert predicted that the move wouldn’t do damage to the star’s image.
‘Her public persona has thrived off of controversy,’ Evan Nierman, CEO of global crisis PR firm Red Banyan told Newsweek in March 2024.
‘From the infamous sex tape that catapulted her fame, to the drama surrounding her marriage to Kanye West, Kim became a household name and brand by making controversy work in her favor.’
‘Kim is opportunistic and a brilliant businesswoman who is too big to be canceled,’ Nierman said.
The SKIMS founder, 44, captioned her Instagram post, ‘BALENCIAGA FALL 25,’ while looking sanguine on a couch next to a pile of the Kim K T-shirts
Kim has other legal trouble to worry about after she falsely identified a man in a picture she posted to social media.
She claimed Ivan Cantu, 60, a Morgan Stanley project manager from Westchester was a man on death row awaiting execution in Texas who had the same name as Cantu.
Now lawyers for the innocent Cantu have filed a lawsuit against Kardashian for libel and slander over the mix-up, saying she also caused him serious emotional stress.
Cantu’s lawyers say there are few worse ways to harm someone’s reputation than to wrongly accuse them of murdering two people.
The suit claims that Kardashian intentionally shared the post, and was ‘negligent, reckless and/or violated standards of ethics and decency.’
Cantu is said to have suffered from embarrassment, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and counseling as a result of her actions.