Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Balenciaga Condemns Teddy Bear Ad, Announces Plans to Better Protect Children: ‘Wrong Choice’
usmagazine.comBalenciaga is taking responsibility for a “series of grievous errors” after unveiling a campaign that featured children posing with stuffed animals dressed in BDSM-like attire.
The fashion house issued a statement via social media on Monday, November 28, calling the ad “wrong.”“We would like to address the controversies surrounding our recent ad campaigns,” the fashion house began in the Instagram memo. “We strongly condemn child abuse; It was never our intent to include it in our narrative.
The two separate ad campaigns in question reflect a series of grievous errors for which Balenciaga takes responsibility.”Earlier this month, the luxury label released a “Toy Stories” campaign on its website, which showed young children from different backgrounds photographed with Balenciaga’s plush bear bags.
The accessories were seen strapped in harnesses and other inappropriate items, causing immediate backlash online.Balenciaga explained in its Monday statement that children “should not have been featured” with the pieces.“This was a wrong choice by Balenciaga, combined with our failure in assessing and validating images.
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