Rbbsbbofficial rbb residence, you mean louis and harry's house, Archived version, tweet by dubadduloml, 12 December 2015. Twitter users have criticized the brand and the campaign and questioned the propriety of the photos showing the bondage teddy bears. It also includes many details about the bears' concert appearances and bear twitter account activity that some fans used as a lens to interpret 1D-related celebrity news. In a separate post on Instagram about two hours later, the company also apologized "for displaying unsettling documents in our campaign. A number of fans expressed discomfort with the continued shenanigans, which they likened to queerbaiting.

In the background of another shot is a coffee table book of the work of artist Michaël Borremans, whose “Fire from the Sun” paintings include images of naked toddlers engaged in what the gallerist David Zwirner describes as “playful but mysterious acts with sinister overtones”. The juxtaposition of children with BDSM paraphernalia was widely criticised and Balenciaga swiftly apologised for “a wrong choice”. SBB visited Liza Minnelli, and larries thought it was especially significant that she happens to be Judy Garland's daughter (Liza Minnelli is also a gay icon). I don’t know Harry tumblr well enough to find a meticulous tagger but the date function on a couple Harry blogs gave no sign that he was papped with ice cream on August 26th, in fact all I could find was 2014, 2013, May 2015, and Sept 2015, although I obviously could have missed something.In the second image, a young kid is shown sitting on a sofa while holding a teddy bear and sporting a leather collar and chest harness. Beccasafan described this tweet as occuring "amidst fandom chaos" related to babygate, Harry switching management companies, and rumors of Harry's solo career. During the rebellious London 1 concert of OTRA, RBB had wedding clothes on and a picture of Larry Grayson. However, the assumptions about the bears being personally paid for by their mastermind, the free time of crew members, or their supposed salary/ability to own a Rolex were unsupported by evidence. In a separate statement addressing the campaign featuring court documents, which was for a Balenciaga Adidas collaboration, Balenciaga also apologised, and said it was “taking legal action against the parties responsible for creating the set and including unapproved items for our Spring ‘23 campaign photoshoot”.

A few of the books appeared to be same ones seen with the bears at concerts (the Bette Davis, Judy Garland, and Danny La Rue biographies), while others referenced the same icons RBB had referenced before (Divine, Freddie Mercury, Liberace).At the September 24 concert in London the bears were dressed as brides, seated with a framed photo of English entertainer Larry Grayson that was autographed "Love Larry".

None of those reasons listed disqualify a person or people close to the band, such as a crewmember or several, who would participate in post-gig outings, be in the same places and have roughly the same work hours/free time as the band. The campaign sparked backlash across social media and the maison sued production company North Six Inc. The photo features a Balenciaga handbag laid atop a stack of documents that beady eyed individuals have spotted refer to the Supreme Court case, Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition. The site reported that its invitation to Balenciaga to attend and offer an explanation was declined.

Everyone pins the blame on me and no matter who I tell it’s not me they just … no one seems to believe me, so I just don't say anything anymore. So last night when I saw the picture I felt so utterly betrayed because if I was wrong then the bears were deliberate manipulation/queerbaiting that I, despite trying to remain impartial at the start, completely fell for. On the day of the Jimmy Kimmel appearance, he posted pictures of Judy Garland's handprints on Hollywood Boulevard just as RBB's account posted a picture of the bear on the Judy Garland star.