Balenciaga Debuts Lays Potato Chip Handbags That Reportedly Cost $1,800

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Balenciaga's new fashion move is each that and a container of chips—literally.

The luxury Spanish statement has created everything from the arguable "destroyed" sneakers to Kim Kardashian's polarizing look cover astatine the 2021 Met Gala. But thing could've prepared benignant aficionados for Balenciaga's latest design: Lays murphy spot handbags. 

The leather clutches—decorated successful the snack's iconic packaging and lined with a elemental metallic zip closure—will travel successful astatine slightest 4 spirit variations, including the original, flamin' hot, limón and brackish & vinegar. According to Hypebeast, the Balenciaga x Lays bags are reportedly retailing for a whopping $1,800.

No, your eyes aren't playing tricks connected you. While the finger-licking-good chips typically retail for $4, they'll outgo a beauteous penny if you privation them to beryllium used as a fashionable accessory.

The collaboration archetypal debuted at Balenciaga's spring/summer 2023 "The Mud Show" presumption during Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 2. The Frito-Lay handbags astir went unnoticed arsenic the models clutched them tightly down the runway, scrunching them into warped bows.

However, the manner house's originative director, Demna, gave fans a person look at the kitschy pieces on Instagram. 

"The Lay's x Balenciaga leather spot bag," helium simply captioned his Oct. 11 post.

While the bags won't beryllium disposable until adjacent summer, they aren't a wholly savory benignant moment.

Many fans were divided connected the statement-making accessory, with 1 Instagramer commenting connected Demna's post, "At this constituent I deliberation Balenciaga is simply a societal experiment," portion different idiosyncratic wrote, "Leather ne'er looked truthful inexpensive (and this is not a critic)."

In contrast, others were drooling implicit the bags, with 1 idiosyncratic gushing, "It's simply astonishing that these are LEATHER bags. Love them."

As idiosyncratic other enactment it, "Idk wherefore I similar this but I do."

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