Balenciaga F/W 10.11 Paris

[disco54]

its very IKEA lol

 

[disco54]

is it me or this looks like a spring collection????

 

[educo]

Incredible display of technical ability and innovation of new materials. However, I'm so afraid that he will go down a road to the point of no return and alienate us all.

 

[mademoiselle_]

I decided to take more of my time to see more closely the collection and HQ I really love the color eyebrows!! ...oh wait that doesn't count as a part of the collection right?

This is wrong in all levels, the design is aweful , the fit is AWEFUL it just doesn't adjust to the body gosh, it doesn't fit at all the models bodies, and it amazes me that almost the majority in love with the collection are boys

 

[_spectre]

The details are extraordinary
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This is a very good point, i agree that Ghesquiere's vision is pushing forward while at the same time working in limitations of what people see as wearable and what is seen more as costume/fantasy/possibility. With chalayan for example its amazing to see this robotic dress that shoots lazer lights but where does that fit in day to day life? I think it is harder to be experimental working with the limitations of what is seen as wearable/practical than being experimental for the sake of it.

 

[rayisaceleb]

this is really gross to me... but I'm not a Balenciaga fan at all... I can appreciate the construction of these pieces.. but that doesn't mean I like them aha!

 

[gius]

what i like most is how a few of these can pass as classic even casual clothes..then on closer inspection it catches the eye. but innovation is not a good word for this. he's really just mixing things together. weird does not always mean challenging or innovation. the only thing innovative would be, using laser to make the lace but he's not the only one who's done that.. and thank god really, let's not use our hands anymore to make lace or embroidery! let's keep that length of time for enjoying the rest of our lives! that's real innovation.

i do wonder about the other designers though. seems almost like Ghesquiere has access to things no one else has. every now and then you hear of someone using newer technologies, especially in graduate collections-- the technology is there, it's good to use it --or do most people like to do things the old-fashioned way. i think it would be nice if the couture houses went this way again, a laboratory of fantastic experiments...

 

[Zazie]

Much as I dislike this collection, I must add that I still respect NG tremendously for making the effort to put out a highly challenging and intricate collection instead of being lazy and sending out repeat "encores" like many other designers who shall not be named. There's a lot of work in this collection, overworked to my eye, but definitely no sloth here, and lots of passion. I really hate the shoes too, for the same overworked clumsiness. BUT who knows, this might be a huge hit that starts a spectacular direction, and I'll be eating crow, but I'm happy to do it for NG, for of all the designers, he surely deserves it.

I must add that the Space Odyssey theme with cocoons and space-age lights was done much better by Hussein Chalayan a few years ago.

 

[helmut.newton]

Cathy Horyn and her review

The Balenciaga show detonated the Paris 2010 autumn season on Thursday with a collection that was hyper-modern and futuristic — even if the designer Nicolas Ghesquière has been working before along these lines.

Here were all the designer’s codes: sculptural shapes, streamlined pants, shoes with block heels that looked like a Cubist painting and artistic references. They included allusions to Cristóbal Balenciaga’s work in “angel wing” shapes. For the new version, they were created as a padded puffa bodice with loose flaps at the back.

Then there were the fabrics and their treatments — perhaps the most revolutionary thing about this collection since Mr. Ghesquière already has established his sci fi-meets-Star Wars look.

“It is about how to embellish the everyday,” said the designer backstage, showing how knitwear, which starred in the show, was treated as if rubber studs had been stamped into the wool. And that was just the start. There were also embroidered pants that looked as if they were overlaid in plastic but were apparently the melding of two materials.

Add to all that vivid “Formica” colors, as the designer described the turquoise and lime colors of 1970s kitchen surfaces, and lettering that appeared with poster boldness, taken from photographs of newsprint by the late Irving Penn.

“Magnificent! Exceptional! So chic and so French,” said Frédéric Mitterrand, the French cultural minister, who was sitting front row beside François-Henri Pinault, chief executive of the PPR group that supports Balenciaga.
The show was so exhilarating in its imagination — if rooted in Mr. Ghesquière’s world — that it had the greatest visual whammy seen so far this fashion season. But you still have to ask about today’s Balenciaga the same question that could be asked of Mr. Cardin’s original satellite creations. Is it, as it is shown, wearable and comprehensible outside the fashion cognoscenti?

Mr. Ghesquière has addressed this issue, showing a year ago, in the same gilded and graceful interior of the Hôtel Crillon, a collection of bourgeois glamour founded on the work of Yves Saint Laurent. At that time, it was as though he were announcing, “You want graceful, feminine modern clothes? Yes, I can do that, too!”

But for 2010, the mood was uncompromisingly futuristic — and therefore a little familiar. Of course you could break down these pieces and put an apricot sweater over a pair of black pants and pass unnoticed in the street. Take off the platform shoes and loosen the scraped back hair and dresses with lace were pretty and sophisticated.

That is the skill of Mr. Ghesquière’s Balenciaga, which is exceptional in cut and fabric and is guaranteed to be on magazine front covers. Yet it never captures that emotional ode to women’s natural beauty that was intrinsic both to Cristóbal Balenciaga’s grand gestures and to the Saint Laurent aesthetic. We live now in different times. Maybe Balenciaga is redrawing elegance for the digital age. It is just that in fashion, as in life, tomorrow never comes.

 

[Zazie]

Oooohhh...that is a veiled critique! A sympathetic critique, but nonetheless, a critique. Thank you for posting it. I hope the collection finds some success, I agree with Ms. Horyn how much effort has been put into this collection. Ok, I'll at least go and check out the jackets when they arrive to see if they can be "investments".


Cathy Horyn:

"...That is the skill of Mr. Ghesquière’s Balenciaga, which is exceptional in cut and fabric and is guaranteed to be on magazine front covers. Yet it never captures that emotional ode to women’s natural beauty that was intrinsic both to Cristóbal Balenciaga’s grand gestures and to the Saint Laurent aesthetic. We live now in different times. Maybe Balenciaga is redrawing elegance for the digital age. It is just that in fashion, as in life, tomorrow never comes.

 

[IloveDiorHomme]

Anybody knows the music of the show ?

The Balenciaga's ones are always good !

 

[mellowdrama]

So is everybody making cutting-edge (i.e. unwearable ugly clothing) since the financial and luxury markets have turned to sh*t?

 

[MON]

Where do I start?

I really hate the bubbly/puffy effect that Nicolas made for this collection. The fur was okay. I can't believe that 2-4 looks were repetitive. And the stripes/pattern of the S/S '10 show was back. Don't like the print that they used for some pieces.

Love the cream dress with butterfly/flower-ish print and chiffon. Could've loved it more if it wasn't repeated and made into a different color.

Love the shoes though

 

[irulan]

The more I look at it, the more I come to love it.
I really like the colour palette, my sort of thing, the garments look somewhat delicious. And the close-ups helped to find the wearable pieces which there are a lot of.
The pullovers (jumpers? I never know what to say in English) are fantastic, especially the ones paired with the matching skirts, I love the whispily stiff lace cot-out dresses and the o-shaped ones with the slightl feather print and I've even come to like the closing pink newspaper print dress and the print, yet not the cut of the pants.
I think it would look darling paired up with a little Marc Jacobs next season or the jumpers with the Proenza skirts. What I'm trying to say is that this can easily fit right into your wardrobe, even though it may not look like it at first sight.

PS Love the Hôtel Crillon, it looks so chic. Perfect backdrop for Balenciaga.

 

[Fatalefashion]

Balenciaga - F/W 10.11 - Review with Tim Blanks!

 

[RayleighR]

This man is so so clever!

 

[Spike413]

I decided to take more of my time to see more closely the collection and HQ I really love the color eyebrows!! ...oh wait that doesn't count as a part of the collection right?

This is wrong in all levels, the design is aweful , the fit is AWEFUL it just doesn't adjust to the body gosh, it doesn't fit at all the models bodies, and it amazes me that almost the majority in love with the collection are boys

Actually this fits exactly the way Ghesquiere intended it to fit. It's supposed to be boxy, the clothes are meant to stand away from the body.

There is a huge difference between being fitted and fitting correctly.

 

[softgrey]

i don't see how this collection is relevant in any way...


very disappointing...
but at least it wasn't all doom and gloom like some others...

still...
it's not a vision of the future that has any bearing on MY reality ..

 

[Fatalefashion]

Balenciaga - F/W 10.11 - Preview/Full Edited Show - HQ

 

[gius]

ghesquiere's really pretty in that video..
and i agree -he is a scientist !

but at least it wasn't all doom and gloom like some others...

i felt the same way
very bright future

Actually this fits exactly the way Ghesquiere intended it to fit. It's supposed to be boxy, the clothes are meant to stand away from the body.

There is a huge difference between being fitted and fitting correctly.

the same goes for Cristobal, isn't it
he says you don't need to have a certain body to wear the clothes --he makes the body for you. brilliant