The makeup mogul, 43, took over the red carpet in a black bomber jacket and sheer embroidered leggings, as her supermodel sister, 28, exuded glamour in a sleeveless black gown for the star-studded event.
While rocking a shopping bag from a collaboration between the luxury fashion house and upscale grocery store Erewhon, Kim told Variety, ‘This is my purse for the day. There are flowers in it. I’m going to give them to [Balenciaga creative director] Demna [Gvasalia] later.’
Kim later told the outlet that she was impressed by the brand’s Juicy Couture-inspired sweats that opened the show, saying, ‘It was very, very L.A. The collection was amazing.’
Kendall chimed in, ‘I loved the black fur off-the-shoulder moment.’
The outing comes after Kim was featured in a brand new Balenciaga ad in October – almost a year after the brand became embroiled in a child ad scandal that rocked the fashion world.
Back in November 2022, the fashion house came under fierce fire after it released an ad that showed kids posing alongside various BDSM-themed items.
Afterwards, the SKIMS founder, who had been in business with the company for several years before that, refused to cut ties with Balenciaga, but said she was ‘shaken’ and ‘disgusted’ by the images.
‘I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been shocked and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaigns, but because I wanted an opportunity to speak to their team to understand for myself how this could have happened,’ she said in an Instagram post.
‘As a mother-of-four, I have been shaken by those disturbing images. The safety of children must be held with the highest regard and anything against it should have no place in our society – period.’
However, Kim said that she was comfortable with how the company reacted to the scandal, adding, ‘I appreciate Balenciaga’s removal of the campaigns and apology.
‘In speaking with them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the issue and will take the necessary measures for this to never happen again.’
At the time, she said she was reconsidering her relationship with the fashion brand but had not yet many any firm decisions.
‘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 – and the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.’
One month later, during an appearance on the Angie Martinez IRL Podcast, she expressed frustration over the public’s reaction to her statement.
She said ‘people got mad’ that she didn’t call for the brand to be cancelled or post ‘f**k you, Balenciaga.’
She added that she was ‘not in this campaign’ and felt that she ‘completely denounced’ child porn in her statement.
Around the time of controversy, Balenciaga had apologized for the photoshoot with a child holding a teddy bear dressed in a BDSM outfit that outraged hundreds of people online.
Balenciaga, a globally-renowned Spanish fashion house which dresses the likes of Kim in addition to Beyonce and Nicole Kidman, apologized for the set that featured the stuffed animals.
Kim was often seen wearing Balenciaga to major events and has featured in several of the brand’s campaigns in the past.
Essentially the fashion face of the company, Kim is Balenciaga’s biggest supporter and the brand’s most famous model, appearing to walk on water in the fashion house’s fall 2022 campaign.
Kendall has also embraced the brand, wearing its fashions to the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar party, albeit not without its own backlash, as fans expressed their outrage for her support of the brand following the child advertisement scandal.
However, the reality star has yet to comment on the 2022 controversy.
