{"id":1179625,"date":"2022-12-21T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=1179625"},"modified":"2022-12-21T14:16:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:16:43","slug":"adidas-pauses-balenciaga-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-pauses-balenciaga-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"adidas Pauses Balenciaga Orders Following Ad Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following the split with Ye<\/a>, adidas<\/a><\/strong> finds itself in the middle of another controversy, this time by way of another Ye-affiliate, Balenciaga<\/a><\/strong>. The French fashion house has been under fire following an ad scandal that implied support of child abuse and pornography. Despite Balenciaga Creative Director Demna Gvasalia’s public apology<\/a>, adidas has decided to pause its partnership with Balenciaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adidas began cancelling Balenciaga orders last week and sent out customer service emails saying, “We have taken the time to re-evaluate our partnership with Balenciaga and we have decided to pause all product launches until further notice. Unfortunately, therefore, we will be unable to fulfill your pre-order of the Balenciaga\/adidas Stan Smith.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Balenciaga also notified customers of the cancellations stating that the item orders “will be delayed in shipment” and to “ignore the previous email notification with \u2026 tracking number inside.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Balenciaga x adidas Collection<\/a> was one of 2022’s most sought after collabs, with the Gucci x adidas Collection<\/a> also being a top contender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before this, pre-ordered pairs of the adidas x Balenciaga Triple S<\/a> had already been shipped out, so it seems that the sudden halt is in response to the ad scandal, although adidas makes no formal mention of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For updates on the Balenciaga x adidas<\/strong> partnership, check back with our sneaker news<\/a> page and follow @NiceKicks<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n

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