The house of Balenciaga is getting major street cred these days with a fashion parody tee that has been embraced by those in the know. To avoid copyright issues, the maker cleverly misspells the Parisian fashion houses name and has the location listed as Lenox Avenue, Harlem. A few hipster outposts downtown and in Brooklyn are selling the tees which come in black or white but we have not seen them in Harlem yet. Most online outlets have a limit of 5 tees for each purchase which run around $60 for each. This tee has become an international hit as this Elle UK fashion feature shows:
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I'm still waiting for Hermes in Spanish Harlem.
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