Demna Gvasalia is obviously looking forward to his first creation of a haute couture series for Balenciaga. This is also the first time the brand founder Cristobal Balenciaga has shown his haute couture series since closing his studio in 1968, including the first men’s haute couture series. The show took place in the original Cristobal Balenciaga showroom, which has been refurbished. The show has gathered many well-known figures including Kanye West, Bella Hadid, Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful, Lewis Hamilton, James Harden, Lil Baby and some selections Fashion editor.
The fashion show started when the model walked out of a door equipped with a mirror. There was no music and no other sound except the model’s footsteps. The gloomy atmosphere at the beginning of the show was consistent with Gvasalia’s style. At the beginning, a model wearing an all-black suit shuttled in the lobby to pay tribute to Balenciaga himself, because it usually opens with an all-black look and hopes that the audience can focus on the silhouette. The series brings men’s and women’s suits, tailor-made jackets, and Double-breasted floor-to-ceiling coat with nylon down cloak coat and so on.
The series continues the classic Balenciaga elements, adopting a sculptural and bold appearance design and is mainly tailored with exaggerated proportions, such as the wide-shoulder tailoring that has appeared many times in the show. Combining faux fur with retro jeans, a turtleneck sweater with crocodile leather pants, male models wearing short heels and knee boots, and bags similar to shoebox shopping bags, the Balenciaga haute couture collection wants to create a contrasting world rather than the usual others Among the outdated fashions displayed on the Gaoding show, the unforgettable look is a yellow dressing gown that resembles a big bird.
As another tribute to the brand’s traditional haute couture, it ends with two sets of bridal models. The first one is a one-piece dress from the front and a suit trousers on the back, and the last is a pure white with a veil and a long skirt The styling, accompanied by the gloomy atmosphere of the opening, is the real end of this high-order show.
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