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Balenciaga dress costing £3,700 resembling 'couch cushion' causes confusion
The dress is made from 100 per cent polyester
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Your support makes all the difference.A dress by fashion designer Balenciaga is being mocked online for resembling a couch cushion.
Photos of the emerald green dress, which costs £3,700 ($4,844) and is available in just three sizes, were shared on social media - where they were met with confusion and ridicule.
According to the designer’s website, the short evening dress, made from 100 per cent polyester, is “draped” and “envelops the body”.
In photos of a model posing in the dress, the boxy top portion of the outfit extends from mid-arm past the shoulders in a rigid rectangular shape.
On Facebook, people joked about the design of the dress and compared it to a “throw pillow”.
“This is a disguise for introverts,” one person wrote, according to the Daily Mail. “You sit on the couch at the party and everyone just thinks you’re a throw pillow and doesn’t try to talk to you. Warning - you may be sat on.”
Another person said: “They said I could be anything so I became a cushion…”
Others questioned the design of the dress, which would limit movement - despite having “no sleeves”.
“You’d need a long straw for your drinks. And a pal to throw canapes into your mouth,” someone joked.
This is not the first time a piece from the designer has caused confusion - last year, Balenciaga’s “T-shirt shirt” raised eyebrows for appearing to be nothing more than a t-shirt with a long-sleeved buttoned shirt pinned to the front.
At the time, people questioned whether the shirt, which cost £935 ($1,290), was real or a joke.
Despite frequently making headlines for its unique designs, the fashion brand was revealed to be the third-most-popular designer in the world by Lyst.
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