As was mentioned earlier, Balenciaga has officially opened its US e-commerce site, which sells handbags, scarves, shoes, and accessories. After aimlessly wandering through all of the bright Skittle-colored motorcycle totes, cracked leather wallets, and floral scarves for a about an hour, I discovered the only item that could be added to your shopping cart without scaring your bank account would be this $385 keychain.
But that’s not what caused me to pause. (No, this just made me cry.)
It was actually the fact that one of the key Balenciage staples was missing in the sleek online store: The gladiator sandals.
If there was one accessory next to the motorcycle bag that the French house was known for it would have to be those sandals. The ones that have birthed a thousand replicas.
However, the site just opened and maybe they didn’t want the traffic from people trying to buy the coveted shoes to crash the page.