U-Balenciaga uthatha i-Madden Futhi -U-Balenciaga noSteve Madden baphinde bangaboni ngaso linye ngemuva kokuba ilebula yaseFrance ifake isimangalo sokuthi uSteve Madden wephule umthetho wezohwebo, kubika i Daily Mail. “Ukukopisha kommangalelwa kwemiklamo ye-Balenciaga kungenzeka kukhohlise abathengi ekukholelweni ukuthi [isikhwama] esephula umthetho sihlotshaniswa noma sigunyazwe u-Balenciaga kuyilapho, empeleni kungenjalo,” kufundeka imibhalo yasenkantolo eyayifakwe eNkantolo Yesifunda yase-Manhattan ngesonto eledlule. .
Isikhwama esingaphansi kwengxabano sibonakala siyisikhwama sika-Steve Madden sika-Btalia, esithengiswa ngama-dollar angu-88 kwa-Macy kanye ne-Nordstrom's, futhi sifana nesikhwama se-Motorcycle sika-Balenciaga. U-Balenciaga ugomela ngokuthi “Isikhwama esiyisicaba esivalwe wunxande oziphu, i-ziphu edonsayo ehlanganisa umucu onamafindo aphakathi nendawo futhi ilenga ngobude obubili obulinganayo, kanye nepeshi eyi-elliptical efakwe izigxivizo ezimbili eziphakanyisiwe ekhoneni ngalinye; namapheshana amabili afanayo akuma pentagonal amade, anepeshi enezinhlangothi eziyisithupha ubude efakwe ibhande nezikhonkwane ezimbili eziphakanyisiwe,” zonke ziyizici zesikhwama Sezithuthuthu okuthi uma sikopishwa zidale “umbono ongamanga” kumakhasimende.
Lesi akusona isikhathi sokuqala umklami waseFrance efaka icala ngokumelene nomklami wezinsiza uSteve Madden. Ngo-2009, u-Balenciaga wafaka i-suit yokuhweba efanayo nge-Madden's Multi Bright Bukled Heel eyayifana kakhulu nomklamo kwisithende sabo se-LEGO.