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Evening Standard
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Isobel Van Dyke

High ‘trashion’! A brief history of fashion’s love affair with rubbish

Artist's touch: model Shalom Harlow is spray-painted by robots

(Picture: Shalom-Harlow)

Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga has never shied away from controversy. This week the internet is buzzing with criticism over the self-proclaimed “world’s most expensive trash bag”, which first showed up on Balenciaga’s AW22 catwalk show back in March which Gvasalia dedicated to Ukraine’s refugees.

The bag itself is a calfskin leather version of the typical black bin bag and has now gone on sale for $1,790 (around £1,500).

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