Balenciaga has officially ended its relationship with Ye.
The brand and its parent company Kering had initially remained quiet in the wake of the rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, debuting a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt that drew backlash from fashion figures such as Tremaine Emory and making anti-semitic statements that got him suspended from Instagram and Twitter. West had cultivated a close working relationship with Balenciaga’s…