Balenciaga F/W 08.09 Paris

[JuiceMajor]

Can I join in the queue to congradulate him?? This collection is beautiful especially how he transalate the concept to the more wearable pieces!! I have been waiting this since this morning and am so delighted!! Just wish he will disappoint me for once!! hahaha!!

[liberty33r1b]

was this the whole collection on the first page?

[VogueElle Addict]

hope no

[DuTTyRoCK112]

So much for all that "new sexy" supposedly coming from Marc Jacobs. THIS is sexy. This is the sexiest, yet still cerebral, show I have seen in years. The black and white dress on Lara Stone is simply stunning, a fresh spin on an old standard. The pants are perfect, and the wrap tops are interesting and exciting.

[ilaughead]

Cathy Horyn's review
NyTimes.com

The first three dresses at the Balenciaga show this morning were modern takes on the black cocktail sheath–I should say, extremely modern takes. Nicolas Ghesquiere cut everything close, in fabrics that might typically be stiff–like patent leather and thick wool crepes–but the effect was very light. You could see that his aim was to make everything light: the fabric, the cutting, the mentality. If you think of the couture structure from the 50s and 60s, and from his own recent collections, Ghesquiere still had subtle volumes in his opening dresses but it was as though he had stripped it down.
Like a minimalist, he cut away everything that wasn’t necessary. Don’t need a swell of fabric on the arms? Strip it down to arm bands! The coats that followed were of unlined patent leather, so glossy and supple that it looked like vinyl or rubber. At the models’ necks and wrists were sparkling silver jewelry. Men’s fabrics also figured in the collection, as rounded jackets worn with short, laser-like skirts. Ghesquiere finished with slim (but not body-hugging) latex dresses that were printed and embroidered in classical motifs, with robin’s egg blue as a prime color. If you think how Jean Paul Gaultier once approached latex (and still does) as a fetish object, this was the opposite story. In fact, the collection looked very wearable, and more womanly–let’s not say mature–than ever before. It’s interesting how Ghesquiere can draw from the same period and genre as Galliano, at least this season, and extract such different, thought-provoking, fashion-moving results.

[mackos]

I love three opening dresses, but the rest is not what I've expected, there's too many SS 08 silhouette in these clothes... I love the white boots, though

[ilaughead]

Originally Posted by liberty33r1b

was this the whole collection on the first page?

There's 32 looks on the first page, so I think that'd be it. Balenciaga's always a little more edited in length.

[fashionite]

Nicolas Ghesquiere never disappoints

[Ghost]

i see Dior fans running to Balenciaga.....

[satin chic]

I LOVE this!

[no*more*art]

i am so dissappointed - what's going on this season? end of fun and experiments - hello to conservativ chic with "interesting details"...

[coutureEVIL]

mmmm i dont understand why....looks like 3 seasons ago.....

[vogueness]

I love it - the cuts are stunning and sexy and powerful without being rammed down your throat

[imagensfashions]

Very chic!!!!

Love it!!

[iyemstoopid]

is that womans hands in every picture??