It’s available at Balenciaga’s new couture store in Paris.
If you’ve been scrolling through Instagram in the past 24 hours, you have probably seen images of Balenciaga’s couture show yesterday. With its surprise cast including Kim Kardashian, Dua Lipa, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Kidman, Selling Sunset’s Christine Quinn, and Bella Hadid, the Demna-approved celebrities pretty much broke the internet.
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However, apart from Kardashian’s high fashion robot-walk, a new collaboration caught our attention: a handbag and Bluetooth speaker hybrid made with Danish high-end electronics company Bang & Olufsen.
Viral again
The “Balenciaga x Bang & Olufsen” piece adds to creative director Demna Gvasalia’s list of viral design releases. There was the heavily tattered Paris Shoe, high-heeled Crocs, and extremely chunky stomper boots worn by Kanye West, to name a few.
On its features, the speaker purse has a hard shell body with an incognito push latch compartment. On the opposite side is the speaker grill.
The double utility item is available at the Kering-owned brand’s new couture store, located in Paris’ 10 Avenue George V. In fact, the shop just opened yesterday, simultaneous with Balenciaga’s Fall 2022 couture showcase.
Meanwhile, on social media, it’s getting mixed reviews. One user called it “ingenious,” while another compared it to a toaster, “probably better value if you can grill a panini.”
Banner photo from @art8amby on Instagram.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Balenciaga x Bang & Olufsen piece is a handbag and Bluetooth speaker hybrid made with Danish high-end electronics company Bang & Olufsen, revealed alongside Balenciaga’s Fall 2022 couture show in Paris.
The speaker purse has a hard shell body with an incognito push latch compartment, and the speaker grill sits on the opposite side. The article describes it as another viral release from creative director Demna Gvasalia.
The handbag-speaker is available at Balenciaga’s new couture store at 10 Avenue George V in Paris, which opened the same day as the Fall 2022 couture showcase. Balenciaga is owned by Kering.
Balenciaga’s Fall 2022 couture show featured a surprise celebrity cast including Kim Kardashian, Dua Lipa, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Kidman, Christine Quinn, and Bella Hadid, which the article says broke the internet.
Social media gave the bag mixed reviews: one user called it ingenious, while another compared it to a toaster, saying it’s probably better value if you can grill a panini.
