Balenciaga slammed over 'hideous' £1,500 'reptile trainers' - as fashion lovers demand for brand's designers to be 'jailed'

Luxury statement Balenciaga has raised eyebrows with its latest shoes design, called 'reptile trainers'.

Founded successful Spain, the high-end brand, which counts Kim Kardashian and Hailey Bieber arsenic fans, has garnered a monolithic pursuing with its avant-garde designs.

However, the brand's latest trainer model, which features a 'worn-out effect' and 'elongated toe' has caused heads to crook for each the incorrect reasons.

Social media users person taken to X to marque the caller reptile-inspired shoes arsenic 'hideous', with different questioning: 'This is simply a joke, right?'

Despite disbelief from sceptical observers, the shoes are precise overmuch real, and not to notation the £1,460 terms tag.

The shoes, which are made successful China, and travel successful achromatic oregon silver, are leather escaped and made from polyurethane and polyester.

They see respective unsocial features, including a 'worn-out effect' and 'elongated toe', arsenic good arsenic having the footwear size embossed connected the backmost of the heel.

And contempt costing a staggering £1,460, they are sold retired successful immoderate sizes connected the Balenciaga website.

However, societal media users person been speedy to slam the shoes. One said: 'This looks truthful hideous!' A 2nd added: 'Anybody who wears these should beryllium bullied for 2 years straight.'

'Ok no…. present they're going mode excessively far', a 3rd added. Another joked: 'Whoever designs for Balenciaga indispensable spell to jailhouse close now.'

Elsewhere, Balenciaga is selling a elemental achromatic necktie for an eye-watering £250 - but appears to beryllium thing much than a regular tie.

The Spanish luxury manner location has go known for its wacky and unconventional designs - but seemed to disappoint with the mediocrity of 1 caller item.

Meanwhile, Asda sells a acold cheaper alternate for £5, with the added payment that it tin spell successful the washing machine, portion the Balenciaga necktie indispensable beryllium adust cleaned.

Bizarre pictures connected Balenciaga's website amusement a exemplary donning the necktie portion wearing a blindfold, with the necktie itself hard to marque retired connected a navy shirt. Another unusual representation shows a crumpled up mentation of the tie.

The necktie connected merchantability connected trendy covering marque Balenciaga's website is made successful Italy, and retired of lyocell, a plant-based cloth made from wood pulp.

The cheaper supermarket mentation is machine-washable and 100 per cent polyester astatine £245 less.

Balenciaga described the point as: 'Tie successful achromatic fluid cellulosic poplin. We are committed to the sustainable and ethical absorption of our operations.

'The extremity of reducing our biology interaction influences our decisions.

'At each levels and successful each locales-whether astatine offices and stores oregon on the proviso chain-we respect precocious standards for societal and ecological responsibility.

'Balenciaga is besides fur- and exotic leather-free.'

Meanwhile, Asda's statement simply stated: 'Regular fit, matte finish, instrumentality washable.'

Despite each odds, the necktie seems to beryllium popular, with the website showing lone 1 remaining successful stock.

Tesco and Sainsbury's besides merchantability a achromatic necktie for £5, with the cervix garment selling connected Amazon for arsenic small arsenic £2.50.

Balenciaga is known for its wacky designs. Last November, it started selling a skirt that looked similar a towel wrapped astir the wearer for £695.

The plan was aboriginal mocked by Dame Kelly Holmes connected Loose Women, who modelled a £20 towel connected the show.

The manner enactment is fashionable with A-listers similar Kim Kardashian and England and Man City ace Jack Grealish.

It faced a backlash successful 2022 for an advertizing run showing children holding bondage-clad teddy carnivore handbags.

Unsurprisingly, the run images caused a disturbance among parents connected societal media - who branded them 'creepy' and 'uncomfortable'.