UBalenciaga uthatha iMadden kwakhona -Balenciaga kunye noSteve Madden baphikisana kwakhona emva kokuba ilebula yesiFrentshi ifake isimangalo sokuba uSteve Madden uye waphula umgaqo wempahla yorhwebo, kubika i Daily Mail. “Ukukopa komMangalelwa kwintengiso yoyilo lwe-Balenciaga kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukhohlise abathengi ukuba bakholelwe ukuba [isikhwama sesandla] esaphulayo sinxulumene okanye sigunyaziswe nguBalenciaga xa, enyanisweni, akunjalo,” afundeka amaxwebhu enkundla awayefakwe kwiNkundla yeSithili saseManhattan kwiveki ephelileyo. .
I-handbag ephantsi kwengxabano ibonakala ibhegi yeBtalia kaSteve Madden, ethengisa i-$ 88 kwi-Macy kunye ne-Nordstrom's, kwaye ithwala ifana nebhegi ye-Motorcycle Balenciaga. U-Balenciaga uqinisekisa ukuba “Isingxobo esisicaba esivalwe ngoxande eziziphu, utsalo oludibanisa umcu onamaqhina asembindini kwaye ujinga ngobude obubini obulinganayo, kunye nepetshi engqukuva engqukuva ehonjiswe ngezikhonkwane ezibini eziphakanyisiweyo kwikona nganye; kunye neepetshi ezimbini ezifanayo ezikwimilo emide yepentagonal, enendawo enamacala amathandathu afakwe iqhina kunye nezikhonkwane ezibini ezinyusiweyo,” zonke ziimpawu zesingxobo sesiThuthuthu ezithi xa zikotshwa zidale “umbono wobuxoki” kubathengi.
Esi ayisosihlandlo sokuqala umyili waseFransi efaka isimangalo ngokuchasene nomyili wezixhobo uSteve Madden. Kwi-2009, i-Balenciaga yafaka isambatho esifanayo sorhwebo kwi-Madden's Multi Bright Bukled Heel eyayifana kakhulu noyilo kwisithende sabo se-LEGO.