Christian Louboutin’s Video Featuring Beyonce’s Dancer, Honey Balenciaga, in Heels Sparks Outrage on Instagram

The French brand Christian Louboutin is rolling out a new video series on social media. Titled “Storytime,” the project introduces and re-introduces followers to the brand’s histories, explaining classic silhouettes and the origins of the company. But one of the posts featuring Honey Balenciaga has been embroiled in backlash. For a clip celebrating the Loubi54, a crossbody clutch that is inspired by Studio 54, the brand chose dancer Honey Gonzales, who is best known as Honey Balenciaga. In the video, Gonzalez appears voguing in a series of looks wearing neon So Kate heels and carrying a number of Loubi54 bags. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Christian Louboutin (@louboutinworld) Gonzales punctured the mainstream with a star-making turn as a backup dancer on Beyonce’s Renaissance tour but had previously become a viral standout of the underground ballroom scene. In 2020, Gonzales made a scene-stealing performance on an episode of the competition show “Legendary” before returning to compete in 2021’s Season Two, finishing as a runner-up. Though the Louboutin video clip had previously appeared on Louboutin’s TikTok account in June, racking up more than a million views and attracting largely positive comments, the recent post on Instagram has been the subject of

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