{"id":2169,"date":"2020-01-13T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T04:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=166302"},"modified":"2021-03-15T19:03:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:03:56","slug":"a-balenciaga-koala-will-help-save-the-life-of-a-real-one","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/a-balenciaga-koala-will-help-save-the-life-of-a-real-one\/","title":{"rendered":"This Balenciaga Koala Will Help Save The Life Of A Real One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian bush fire crisis has seen unyielding support from all corners of the world. There have been <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/australia-bushfires-climate-change-march\/\">15-year-olds storming the streets of Sydney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/australians-london-bushfires-climate-change\/\">proceeds from &#8220;Parmas&#8221; in London<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/every-way-to-help-the-australian-bushfires-from-new-york-city\/\">barcode-bearing cuddly koalas clinging to poles in New York<\/a>. The crisis has even touched Paris, with luxury French fashion house, Balenciaga, creating a capsule collection dedicated to one of the biggest victims of the fires, the Australian koala.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166310 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BALENCIAGA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In response to the ongoing bush fire crisis, Balenciaga has today released white T-shirts and hoodies that feature a painterly image of the vulnerable koala bear. 100% of the proceeds from the sales of these pieces will be donated to the most appropriate local conservation organization selected by the Kering Group, the brand&#8217;s parent company, and Balenciaga&#8217;s own sustainability experts. The koala collection follows on from yesterday&#8217;s news that Kering will also donate $1 million AUD to the cause.<\/p>\n<p>As the ecological disaster unfolds, it&#8217;s feared the country&#8217;s native koala could become formally classified as &#8220;endangered,&#8221; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/dec\/27\/australias-environment-minister-says-up-to-30-of-koalas-killed-in-nsw-mid-north-coast-fires\" target=\"_blank\">Environment Minister Sussan Ley said Australia&#8217;s koala population has taken an &#8220;extraordinary hit&#8221; in the fires with up to 30% killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fashion with a backbone, Balenciaga&#8217;s cuddly koala is on sale today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balenciaga.com\/au\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"article-subheadline-style\">The T-shirts and hoodies are unisex and sold exclusively on Balenciaga.com starting Monday, January 13th, 2020.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-gallery\"><div class=\"gallery-placeholder\"><div class=\"spinner\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"gallery-pagination\"><\/span><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-2169 gallery-columns- gallery-size-\"><figure class=\"gallery-item\"><div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><\/div><\/figure><figure class=\"gallery-item\"><div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>All products featured on GRAZIA are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Grazia may earn an affiliate commission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2170,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>This Balenciaga Koala Will Help Save The Life Of A Real One - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In response to Australia&#039;s ongoing bushfire crisis and in addition to the donation announced yesterday by Kering, Balenciaga has decided to release T-shirts and hoodies that feature an image of the vulnerable Australian Koala\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/a-balenciaga-koala-will-help-save-the-life-of-a-real-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Balenciaga Koala Will Help Save The Life Of A Real One\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In response to Australia&#039;s ongoing bushfire crisis and in addition to the donation announced yesterday by Kering, Balenciaga has decided to release T-shirts and hoodies that feature an image of the vulnerable Australian Koala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/a-balenciaga-koala-will-help-save-the-life-of-a-real-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-15T19:03:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/01\/BALENCIAGA-TS-Cropped.jpg?fit=3000%2C1687\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1687\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/a-balenciaga-koala-will-help-save-the-life-of-a-real-one\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/a-balenciaga-koala-will-help-save-the-life-of-a-real-one\/\",\"name\":\"This Balenciaga Koala Will Help Save The Life Of A Real One - 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