Balenciaga Cruise 2025 Shanghai

[imjustken]

Balenciaga should be the best of couture. It's not even the best streetwear.

 

[imjustken]

By the way, Nicolas was already bastardizing the name back in the day. Balenciaga has nothing to with science-fiction, futurism or space age. That's Cardin, Courrèges and Rabanne.

 

[Phuel]

🤫.. they kind of are. But can you imagine being asked ‘where’d you get it?’.. I would not be able to keep a straight face ‘bAlEnCiAgA’.. 😆, it’s just not serious the way it used to be haha, I’d probably get it and then say I got it from etsy as self-punishment (forevercatholic) lol.

Just rip the label out!

It’s more the types the brand attracts, frankly. From my neck of the woods, brands like Vuitton, Gucci, Louboutin and Balenciaga with their glaring, shiny logo/monogram/signature baiting are namedropped, flexed by the wannabe-players and the baller-groupies. Universally, it’s a brand that’s casually worn by millionaire YouTubers… It’s unfortunate he can’t/won’/be allowed to let go of the gimmicky basics and the trolling meme-baits, because if you dig pass the annoying desperate-attention-wh*ring, there are some solid separates that endure the test of time: The shearlings, the pussybow dresses, the leather outerwear… (Then again, the same can be said of most brands. A non-event brand like DSquared always has solid suitings and coats. They may be copying Anthony’s SL’s formalwear right now— but they’re actually doing it better with better quality and construction than Anthony's midrange-level fashions.) Eh. I don’t mind Demna: I find him neither exciting at all nor irritating anymore. He’s just there, doing his tired same old same old. But the once tryhard cool kid has become the predictable cool mom. Meh is the best I can muster with his Balenciaga.

 

[youthinasia]

Which Tekken character are you?

(Via Reddit)

Round 1 - FIGHT!

 

[pradn]

VOGUE.COM

So Happy for Du Juan,
but how dare you Demna for putting THAT Thing on her.
What is your inspiration?
These?

depositphotos / X

 

[Demna]

Lotta had a beef with Martina Tiefenthaler.

Spill the tea.

 

[jeanclaude]

So Happy for Du Juan,
but how dare you Demna for putting THAT Thing on her.
What is your inspiration?
These?
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depositphotos / X

Nope, Demna´s "inspiration" (traduction: vile rip-off) is a Margiela Artisanal s/s 2007 jacket made of suitcases:

et-caetera.com/

 

[PDFSD]

I cant tell if the design team is full of young people THINKING this is cool or full of old people TRYING to be cool?

It's such a hysterical mess of rubbish, literally.

The team is full off newcomers and older team members trying to outdo each other with the most crazy stupid ideas to impress Demna literally and this sentence comes from a person that recently told me (she/they/he) wants to leave.

 

[PDFSD]

Lotta had a beef with Martina Tiefenthaler.

...also with Demna as Lotta was given a lot of credit as well for the style of Demna´s Balenciaga success and Demna´s change of lifestyle from drugs and parties wanting to be with his boyfriend in Switzerland a leading a more clean and calm secluded life (so the legend is) and Lotta was still into the scene and the rif on who was the actual mastermind behind the creativity of balenciaga issue between them came to a boiling point of no return and Martina Tiefenthaler of course siding with Demna in the mix ...years later now Martina Tiefenthaler was asked to leave by the company aka let go fired the reasons are still unclear and hush hush hush.

I feel it's a classic case of the beginning of the end when internal mysterious shake ups start and rotation of new people enter in order to revive or refresh the points of view of the brand, only to see a few seasons later the creative director fired or leaving because of not being aligned with the future direction with the bosses of the brand.

Also this collection is reflection of that: the relevance of the clothes and ideas and location don't add up to a solid concept of a Demna´s Balenciaga like the past collections, like them or not had some connection to youth sub culture and urgency (or at least a longing to be part of ) now its just artifacts of a period not connected to now or the future youth teenage angst.
The constant hijacked ethos of Martin Margiela approach to clothes is even more blatantly on the surface with last collections that shows the lack of vision and imagination for the evolution of his style for Balenciaga.

 

[Lola701]

For me anyway, Demna only had 1 great womenswear collection: FW2016.
He has never done better and after all that collection was the perfect synthesis of his approach to streetwear and the heritage of Cristobal.

And I would say that FW2017 was his best menswear collection.

I don’t think he is a bad designer but unfortunately, he is very limited. And maybe we just have to accept that.

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

I like his Fall 2018
Very Cristóbal Balenciaga: 'You don't need a body when you come to me, I will give you one' but done in Demna's way
And its comfy and cool

 

[LadyJunon]

The most fustrating thing is that Demna's Balenciaga definitely had its genius design moments in the first 2 to 3 years (I was a really big fan of his Balenciaga), but it just got drowned out by vapid attempts at edgy showmanship.

 

[Demna]

...also with Demna as Lotta was given a lot of credit as well for the style of Demna´s Balenciaga success and Demna´s change of lifestyle from drugs and parties wanting to be with his boyfriend in Switzerland a leading a more clean and calm secluded life (so the legend is) and Lotta was still into the scene and the rif on who was the actual mastermind behind the creativity of balenciaga issue between them came to a boiling point of no return and Martina Tiefenthaler of course siding with Demna in the mix ...years later now Martina Tiefenthaler was asked to leave by the company aka let go fired the reasons are still unclear and hush hush hush.

I feel it's a classic case of the beginning of the end when internal mysterious shake ups start and rotation of new people enter in order to revive or refresh the points of view of the brand, only to see a few seasons later the creative director fired or leaving because of not being aligned with the future direction with the bosses of the brand.

Also this collection is reflection of that: the relevance of the clothes and ideas and location don't add up to a solid concept of a Demna´s Balenciaga like the past collections, like them or not had some connection to youth sub culture and urgency (or at least a longing to be part of ) now its just artifacts of a period not connected to now or the future youth teenage angst.
The constant hijacked ethos of Martin Margiela approach to clothes is even more blatantly on the surface with last collections that shows the lack of vision and imagination for the evolution of his style for Balenciaga.

Until a year ago, Martina Tiefenthaler used to post pretty much about her journey with Balenciaga but nowadays she doesn't post anything else related to it. However, the bio of her instagram still saying 'ꓭB Chief Creative Officer'.

 

[ayao]

I absolutely love some of these looks. Chic and sexy, effortlessly suitable for both older and younger people. However, I don't know which is more predictable - BB's current aesthetics or the endless hatred of this forum. The same points in every thread, Cristóbal turns in his grave, BB must be a social experiment, Demna is part of the pizzagate, etc. I ask out of sheer interest, what is wrong with those looks I linked, for example? So what would be better, Galliano's viral tricks at Margiela, which are mostly suitable for editorial photo shoots?

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All of these looks technically have good style, but I just don’t see anything new or creative going on.

Streetwear, oversized, and super distressed is just a current moment. When the dust settles, modern BB will just be a drop in the bucket. Demna isn’t any less creative now, but the overall culture shifting makes it appear that way.

The root issue is his "politics/philosophy", as he simultaneously critiques consumerism and high fashion while wholly embodying it. At a certain point he’s just pointing a finger at a mirror, which is why I understand his political beliefs to be pure aesthetics. Besides that, his work holds no emotional value, as any is lost in the meta-irony and memes.

On the other hand, take Margiela. There is a strong throughline between MMM, his Hermes tenure, and current artworks, because of his adherence to personal philosophy and style. I would go as far to say Martin could make great work anywhere due to this. He is always exploring subjects of self, time, abstraction, which is why he creates coherent, yet visually "contrasting" work.

Whereas Demna’s postmodernism only applies to now. It works in context of hoodies, chunky shoes, bad taste, virality, et cet. But anywhere else he has nothing to say. Arguably he only as a design aesthetic, and not a design philosophy, which is why his BB, Vetements, and couture all look the same.

So even if Denma were to create a whole show with your curated looks, I would still find it unappealing.

 

[j02215]

My main frustration with Denma is that he seems to be stuck in an echo chamber with himself.

He appears to be angry, cynical, and critical of fashion, yet he is unable to produce a robust vision beyond being a whiney teenager. (In contrast, both rei and yohji can also be “angry” but they are able to direct that energy maturely and creatively).

At this point, he has become the m night shyamalan of fashion. I can see how a self-righteous one-trick-pony can easily rub people here off the wrong way.

I’d buy his earlier works though!

 

[tctra]

repetitive. redundant

 

[PDFSD]

Until a year ago, Martina Tiefenthaler used to post pretty much about her journey with Balenciaga but nowadays she doesn't post anything else related to it. However, the bio of her instagram still saying 'ꓭB Chief Creative Officer'.

As she is let go it can be she is still with lawyers to get pay out terms finalized as its just recent lik a month or 2 so ago so she might not feel the need to make it official it happens often ...she happens to be a bit more known so its noticeable

 

[Nimsay]

All these lumpy shapes demna does - to me - are inspired by plastic surgery. There are people running around with lumps and bumps not unlike the shapes of these coats.


Balenciaga perfectly encapsulated this confusing haphazard decade we just went through. Its like crazy how perfectly this trash fits.


A confusing era where we rehashed a lot of issues that were long settled. Just like how these clothes are warped versions of normie clothes. Reality was very warped the last decade.


We are now over this and arent depressives anymore. Its not about depressed cyborgs anymore.

 

[RaisinBoy]

I would like to see PPP or Sarah Burton at Balenciaga doing couture

Oh god please no

 

[RaisinBoy]

Thought the collections looked great! Some editing needed in the sporty stuff to showcase the new sneaker, but cmon the tailoring, the dresses at the end were amazing!