Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga received immense backlash last week following an ad campaign involving young children holding bondage teddy bears, with one photo also featuring a poorly-hidden legal document on a child pornography case. Seriously suspect sh-t indeed.
The internet quickly ‘cancelled’ the brand, resulting in Balenciaga wiping their entire social media history, and announcing they were investigating “the parties responsible for creating the set”. It’s now been revealed that this person is a famous stylist named Lotta Volkova, who has been working with Balenciaga since 2014 and has ties to accused paedophiles. Here’s an illuminating thread on Volkova courtesy of Twitter user curioslight:
A thread on WHO is REALLY behind the #Balenciaga ads:
The Devil In Disguise: Lotta Volkova
1. She has been one of the main stylist in Balenciaga since 2014.
2.She has a relationship with an accused pedophile.
3. We can’t only boycott #Balenciaga but also the people behind it. pic.twitter.com/RjDYU283wj— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
I also want to make something very clear, I feel #Balenciaga threw the photographers under the bus and that’s not enough. If I’m wrong in something correct me please as I don’t want to spread misinformation. I’m going to start with the strangest first and how it led me to her. pic.twitter.com/WWoFRUnhxs
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
Meet the photographer that led me to her: Gabriele Galimberti
he said on this daily mail article: ‘As usual for a commercial shooting, the direction of the campaign and the choice of the objects displayed are not in the hands of the photographer.’ I believe him on this. pic.twitter.com/T7ZjLKi1k6— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
He did pretty much keep his mouth shut though except for the name Chris Maggio, this where it gets creepy. Chris Maggio have done some really high profile work for Vogue,Balenciaga,GQ,Bloomberg and others however what caught me was one work that was called Double Magazine pic.twitter.com/w3adNNXln3
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
The little girl resembled the one in Balenciaga so much I thought it was her first, but I also found the style to be very similar. I went on lemagazinedouble website and couldn’t find the issue. I found the whole shoot weird and that Disney Cruise Line reminded me of Epstein. pic.twitter.com/7iyJY15c2Z
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
This is actually true Disney Cruise Line used to travel to Epstein Island or St James island, however that could just be a coincidence what’s important is this was styled by no other then Lotta Volkova. This is how she got my attention. https://t.co/doBtBscbk7
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
I have to thank the previous photographer for snitching on Maggio as it would’ve never led me to Lotta Volkova. Now when I found she styled it I thought who is this woman. She has become one of the most prominent stylist in the fashion industry.
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
I found the pic on the right incredible disturbing what is she actually referring to when she tagged gosha and added a wink. Maybe it’s just some weird goth humour but it is from the The Shining, which is about witches that what a young boys shining. pic.twitter.com/YfGXowHgHP
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
I also found this really disturbing and I will go int Alban Adam later but the next pictures are really something for not the faint hearted. She seems to enjoy art and pictures that depict children either in distress,bondage or something of that nature. pic.twitter.com/XIM43coucC
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
I found these below incredible disturbing and look who’s commenting on the girl that is laying down. Marc Jacobs himself. This rabbit hole I went on took me from a #BalenciagaGate to #FashionGate pic.twitter.com/Vt0V6kslBQ
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
There is this meme pedobear which went around but also interestingly that’s how pedos recognize other pedos. Fun fact prince Andrew is Obsessed with Teddy Bears he got 72 to be exactly.https://t.co/e5qq2CqYM5
I mean she could just like teddy bears because they are cute who knows. pic.twitter.com/WRNPHFRbz8— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
I personally started realizing that she’s behind this weird bondage,BDSM that starts to enter the fashion world like in Adidas collab. pic.twitter.com/UYavHHYufe
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
@Xx17965797N recently uploaded a disturbing video with bags that had babies in blood. This is not by coincidence. Lotta Volkova uploaded this picture on her instagram with the hashtag #Moloch which is an ancient Pagan god where they sacrificied children https://t.co/FAjsYTXhs0 pic.twitter.com/znCnZpk35V
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
This became one of the talking points that was disturbing with the ad one of them being Matthew Barnes Cremaster Cycle. Well The third picture is from Adams Instagram page. pic.twitter.com/NrR1qhDNLP
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
Weird random stuff I found Chris Maggio: pic.twitter.com/ieBmWuKyFC
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
The theme is always kids in some kind of a distress or something sinister. It makes one wonder. pic.twitter.com/4xjXTs6WcE
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
It could be far fetched sure but then here is one Claudia Mate fan aswell on the pic on the left, to the right is Claudia tagging Abrahmsson that also have been liking and commenting on Lotta Volkovas page. pic.twitter.com/9QqhIg5oth
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
Gucci is owned by the same group that owns Balenciaga, they launched a campaign that theme was a”Kubrick” and they used The shining, if anyone knows about the shining its witches that take the “shine” of children. Coincidence or deliberate? pic.twitter.com/L8jUfI62XX
— curioslight (@curioslight) November 27, 2022
“Do as thou wilt” pic.twitter.com/VSEc4tyIUK
— shawna (@holyspiritleads) November 27, 2022
Well, that was some thread. I’m not too much of a conspiracy theory kinda guy but it’s hard to ignore what’s going on here, especially as it involves children and networks of extremely powerful and influential people in the fashion industry. The question is – how and why does this stuff get published in the first place? Balenciaga are playing dumb but at the end of the day, they have final say over any images published. You don’t just hire and photographer or stylist and get them to sort it all out without it being signed off by someone higher up in the company.
Meanwhile, Balenciaga icon Kim Kardashian has put out this statement:
As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images. 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 — period.
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) November 27, 2022
As for my future with Balenciaga, I am currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it off their willingness to accept accountability for something that should have never happened to begin with — & the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) November 28, 2022
Seems like she’s willing to carry on her business relationship with the brand as long as they ‘don’t do it again’ or something. We’ll have to wait and see how this one plays out. Absolute PR nightmare for Balenciaga in any case. Respect to the eagled-eyed people out there who picked up on all of this and called it out publicly.
Meanwhile, check out Balenciaga’s new $1,800 crisp packet bags. Full of bright ideas, aren’t they?
