More like a designer dud. Balenciaga is being mocked for selling an exorbitantly-priced multicolored tank top — reminiscent of the casual, early-2000s style that continues to haunt millennial fashionistas. The design combines several materials sewed together to give the illusion of multiple tank tops with lace trim stacked on top of one another — pink, blue printed and white.
The stretchy tank is being sold by the brand for a whopping $1,150 — and is already going for $1,490 on third-party sites. The look was popular in the early aughts, often seen on Disney Channel red carpets — it was typically put together using cheap tops from popular retailers like like Abercombie & Fitch and the now-defunct Limited Too. Styles from the era have lately been resurfacing — skinny jeans are back , and so apparently is the layered tank, whether millennials are ready or not.
“What in the Laguna Beach is this?” content creator Erin Miller joked in a TikTok video of the spendy shirt, referencing the iconic 2004 reality TV show. “My culture is not your costume, Balenciaga,” someone joked. Several passionate stylistas were also sure to note that Balenciaga’s layering technique was all wrong.
“We would NEVER layer the white tank on TOP!? That’s the bottom accent piece and everyone knows that!'” a person commented. “Choosing white as the top layer is diabolical!” another agreed, “Screaming in millennial misery.” And while the shirt may dredge up nostalgia in some, .