Balenciaga S/S 2008 : Jennifer Connelly by David Sims - Page 2

style_expert · 06-01-2008

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Originally Posted by BerlinRocks

I still wonder how Balenciaga is still alive??!! Where do the money come from???!!!
Well whe you see this, you wonder if they still have the money....

Ever heard of the motorcycle bag? They sold and are selling tons of them

Even their RTW business isn't doing bad at all. I don't think they have financial troubles and even if they would, the Gucci Group would invest even more money in the brand.
And this celeb campaign is another proof of that...It'd cost less to hire a model for the campaign. One of the reasons brands opt for celeb campaigns is to reach a wider audience...Miu Miu has been doing the same for quite some time now..not to mention Versace etc etc

Still, I agree this is not a great campaign at all. I can see it's difficult to find a suitable background for the overpowering clothes of SS08 but I'm sure they could find something more creative than this...or maybe they need to change the photographer. Sims has been doing Balenciaga for a couple of seasons now...

knightley · 06-01-2008

Holy love for these. They are fantastic. Jennifer carries them quite well with a really interesting strength in the first and vulnerability in the second. I wish they were more jazzy in the background, but I'll settle.

style_expert · 06-01-2008

btw I like how they didn't put her name anywhere on the ad

BerlinRocks · 06-01-2008

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Originally Posted by style_expert

Ever heard of the motorcycle bag? They sold and are selling tons of them

Even their RTW business isn't doing bad at all. I don't think they have financial troubles and even if they would, the Gucci Group would invest even more money in the brand.
And this celeb campaign is another proof of that...It'd cost less to hire a model for the campaign. One of the reasons brands opt for celeb campaigns is to reach a wider audience...Miu Miu has been doing the same for quite some time now..not to mention Versace etc etc

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yes the bags...
but the outfits, i always thought they didn't sell that much....
I mean I thought it was like Louis Vuitton (+80% = access. -20% = clothing....)
So Balenciaga is the ONLY label which - even if they wouldn't do profits - would get money again and again???? wow... i'm impressed... I didn't know...

mikel · 06-01-2008

^^Indeed, that would be very un-Balenciaga.

miss_nyc · 06-01-2008

Love It

nyc_art_style · 06-01-2008

i cannot see the second picture so i am unsure of what that looks like. but in the first picture i wish jennifer had her hair down. it would have made her look a little more relaxed.

ptowngal · 06-01-2008

hmmm... I'm not sold on these ads. The poses are kind of awkward.

KKnardi · 06-01-2008

I don't like the photos. she looks awkward in the outfit.

**MulletProof** · 06-01-2008

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Originally Posted by style_expert

I can see it's difficult to find a suitable background for the overpowering clothes of SS08..

.. well they found a suitable carpet for the show.. why not just use it for the campaign too..?

I don't like this. it reminds me of one of those ugly Bazaar 'the new look' eds.. totally uninspired and so desperate to force people into their passé 'must-have' statement. and jeez, I'm so sick of Jennifer Connelly, I don't buy her acting nor the cult surrounding her... this is disappointing... their last two ads have been amazingly conceptual but this just take us back to S/S 06.. I hope visconti doesn't show up for this.. it just isn't good enough for such an appearance.

Symetrie · 06-01-2008

I was kinda expecting something more than this. Hopefully there's more.

Acid · 06-01-2008

i think its pretty safe to say that nobody will be buying that horrendous dress

hell · 06-01-2008

I like that collection , but i don't like the poses at all. and she looks like demi moore

maffam · 06-01-2008

she's too short. the shoes don't fit! they're above her knees.

but she looks great, so i'll forgive.

Omnis · 06-01-2008

Too boring for my taste.

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knightley fashion icon Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: budapest vii (where pigeons won't even roost) Gender: femme Posts: 3,146	Holy love for these. They are fantastic. Jennifer carries them quite well with a really interesting strength in the first and vulnerability in the second. I wish they were more jazzy in the background, but I'll settle. __________________ love is a room: *BUTANE*. HEGELUND. BELIKOVA. OBERLIN.

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style_expert V.I.P. Join Date: Jan 2006 Gender: homme Posts: 8,531	btw I like how they didn't put her name anywhere on the ad

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mikel V.I.P. Join Date: Sep 2005 Gender: homme Posts: 22,769	^^Indeed, that would be very un-Balenciaga. __________________ "I'm not sorry... I'm sorry that I didn't make it clear that it was a joke. But I can't be sorry for what I said—it's against my nature." Lars von Trier

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nyc_art_style fashion elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York Gender: femme Posts: 2,935	i cannot see the second picture so i am unsure of what that looks like. but in the first picture i wish jennifer had her hair down. it would have made her look a little more relaxed.

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KKnardi V.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NYC Gender: homme Posts: 4,419	I don't like the photos. she looks awkward in the outfit.

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Symetrie front row Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: My loft Gender: femme Posts: 464	I was kinda expecting something more than this. Hopefully there's more.

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Acid yes Join Date: Jun 2002 Gender: homme Posts: 12,508	i think its pretty safe to say that nobody will be buying that horrendous dress

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hell front row Join Date: Feb 2007 Gender: femme Posts: 418	I like that collection , but i don't like the poses at all. and she looks like demi moore

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maffam trendsetter Join Date: Jan 2006 Gender: femme Posts: 1,050	she's too short. the shoes don't fit! they're above her knees. but she looks great, so i'll forgive.

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Omnis V.I.P. Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Norvège Gender: homme Posts: 4,539	Too boring for my taste.