Balenciaga Atenganso Madden kachiwiri -Balenciaga ndi Steve Madden akusemphananso pambuyo poti label ya ku France idapereka chigamulo chonena kuti Steve Madden waphwanya lamulo la kavalidwe kamalonda, inatero Daily Mail. "Kukopera kwa Woyimilira pamapangidwe a Balenciaga kungathe kunyenga ogula kuti akhulupirire kuti [chikwama cham'manja] chophwanyacho chikugwirizana kapena kuvomerezedwa ndi a Balenciaga pomwe sichoncho," amawerenga zikalata zakhothi zomwe zidaperekedwa ku Khothi Lachigawo la Manhattan sabata yatha. .
Chikwama chomwe chili mkangano chikuwoneka ngati thumba la Btalia la Steve Madden, lomwe limagula $88 ku Macy's ndi Nordstrom's, ndipo limafanana ndi thumba la Motorcycle la Balenciaga. Balenciaga akunenetsa kuti “thumba lathyathyathya lomwe lili ndi zipi yotsekeka ngati makona anayi, zokoka zipi zokhala ndi chingwe chapakati komanso cholendewera mu utali wofanana, ndi chigamba cha semi elliptical chovekedwa ndi zipilala ziwiri zokwezeka pakona iliyonse; ndi zigamba ziwiri zofananira zokhala ndi pentagonal yayitali, zokhala ndi kachigamba kakang'ono ka makona asanu ndi atatu opangidwa ndi lamba ndi zingwe ziwiri zokwezeka,” zonsezi ndi zinthu za m'thumba la Njinga yamoto zomwe zikakopedwa zimapangitsa kuti makasitomala akhale "onama".
Aka si nthawi yoyamba kuti wojambula waku France apereke mlandu wotsutsana ndi wopanga zida Steve Madden. Mu 2009, Balenciaga adapereka suti yofanana ndi yamalonda pa Madden's Multi Bright Bukled Heel yomwe inali yofanana kwambiri ndi mapangidwe awo a LEGO chidendene.