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Festival wristbands are grubby badges of honour – so Balenciaga’s £3,000 version is cringeworthy
Wearing a soggy, stinky bracelet shows you’re part of a something communal, which is the very opposite of haute couture
Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/Getty ImagesDebuted in Paris last week, the “raver bracelet” is an accessory designed to resemble a festival wristband that’s been slowly disintegrating on you for years. The range also includes a “Dalston ball earring” (the thing they give you when you get the top of your ear pierced), a “handpainted gothic hoodie” (which looks like knock-off metal band merch) and a €15,000 pair of “baggy jeans”. Brandishing an expensive wristband for a non-existent festival makes a very loud statement about what kind of person you are; best of luck to anyone planning on wearing one to Download next year.
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