Balenciaga na-ewere iwe ọzọ -Balenciaga na Steve Madden nwere esemokwu ọzọ mgbe akara French gbara akwụkwọ na-ebo ebubo na Steve Madden emebiela ụkpụrụ uwe ịzụ ahịa, ka Daily Mail na-akọ. Akwụkwọ ụlọikpe nke agbabanyere n'Ụlọikpe District nke Manhattan n'izu gara aga na-agụ, "N'ofe ego nke onye na-agbachitere atụmatụ Balenciaga nwere ike ịghọgbu ndị na-azụ ahịa ka ha kwenye na Balenciaga jikọtara ma ọ bụ nyere ya ikike imebi [akpa aka] ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị, " .
Akpa aka dị n'esemokwu dị ka akpa Steve Madden's Btalia, nke na-ere $88 na Macy's na Nordstrom, ma yie ka akpa moto nke Balenciaga. Balenciaga na-ekwu na "The flat obere akpa na a zippered akụkụ anọ mmechi, a zipa sere mejupụtara a warara centrally-knotted na nghọta na abụọ hà n'ogologo, na a ọkara elliptical kwachie ekike na abụọ weliri studs na nke ọ bụla n'akụkụ; na patches abụọ yiri ya na ogologo pentagonal elongated, na-egosipụta patch hexagon nwere elongated nke nwere eriri na studs abụọ ewelitere,” bụ akụkụ niile nke akpa ọgba tum tum nke mgbe e depụtaghachiri ya na-emepụta “echiche ụgha” maka ndị ahịa.
Nke a abụghị nke mbụ onye mmebe France gbara akwụkwọ megide onye nrụpụta ngwa Steve Madden. N'afọ 2009, Balenciaga gbara akwụkwọ uwe azụmaahịa yiri ya n'elu Madden's Multi Bright Bukled Heel nke yiri nnọọ n'ichepụta na ikiri ụkwụ LEGO ha.