Balenciaga F/W 11.12 by Steven Meisel

[Flashbang]

LIVE WIRE: Balenciaga’s fall campaign won’t break in a magazine. Instead, creative director Nicolas Ghesquière has decided to feature it first on the company’s revamped Web site when it goes live Monday. For the first time, the designer will also release behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot. It took place in a New York studio made to resemble the pristine, bathroom-tile show set, and also a church in Harlem. Models including Julia Nobis and Liisa Winkler posed for Steven Meisel, with styling by Marie Amélie Sauvé and layouts by M/M Paris.

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[get fashion]

It's like a bad copy of Balenciaga good campaings.

 

[happytrail]

the clothes look nice, but other than that, i'm very much on the fence. i'm not too thrilled about the casting, and i honestly don't get the two images together. does it have to do with past and present architecture and design?

i like meisel, but i kinda miss david sims's reign with balenciaga: simplistic, excellent model casts, more focus on the body/clothing and movement. but knowing me, i'm sure i'll come around to liking this campaign once more photos develop.

 

[LiranYana]

meh,

who is the last blonde , Is that Daria S.??? ,
if so Meisel still does love Daria

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

is that Carla Gebhart sitting down?

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

I quite like it, although it's very Prada Fall/Winter 07

models are (to my knowledge/guessing Julia Nobis, Liisa Winkler, Carla Gebhart, and Juliane Gruner

Carla sitting down is just stunning... pure elegance, my eyes go to her

 

[CharlottefromCA]

wow. i actually really like this. can't wait for more images. I actually like how the two backgrounds don't match, but the clothes link the two images together for sure.

 

[Kanna]

Neither bad nor striking.. I've always thought it is just hard to execute the concept/aesthetic of Balenciaga. The clothes are always magnificent but the campaigns are not, usually.

 

[fiqary]

This is nice, but the first shot looks like a futuristic version of the valentino campaign.

 

[testinofan]

Look a Prada campaing but more cheap i hate again Balenciaga need chanche now the photographer this is BAAAD

 

[bones]

hmm, i like the contrast between the futuristic clothes and the architecture. ^^and yes, bring back david sims please!

 

[ALAUU]

I actually like this.

 

[Style Savvy]

WOW, work @ Juliane getting it.

 

[mackos]

I´m actually liking it, very much, that´d probably be my favourite Meisel´s campaign for Balenciaga. I knew Juliane would get, her shot is really fantastic.

And WOW, am I seeing Carla Gebhart in this?! Brilliant!

 

[Ives927]

I didn't like the collection that much, but I have to say this campaign is making me warm up to the it. With that said, I do wish Balenciaga would get rid of Meisel already. None of his campaigns have really done any justice for the collections he has photographed.

 

[Ceir]

I'm sorry, but if you're casted for a damn blue chip campaign, could you at least bother to look alive? That is my biggest issue with Meisel and his continuous use of new girls. Most of them are still so uncomfortable in front of the camera that they're nothing more than a lifeless, pretty face.

I'd rather just see Natasha, Freja, and Raquel dominate everything again. At least they don't like dull clones.

 

[ad041715]

^ I completely agree with you.
Seems like Meisel is doing the whole contrast theme again. I love the solo shot as it is very striking, but the group shot lacks the boldness of the solo one. Plus, they don't look good next to one another.

 

[MON]

This is beautiful! I love the idea behind it. I like the shot in the Right. It looks edgy although the tiles make it look like a cheap restroom
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[ZFashionBlog]

I was not that crazy about the collection itself, but the campaign is amazing.
Very different than all the boring other stuff we've seen so far for this season.

 

[testinofan]

I didn't like the collection that much, but I have to say this campaign is making me warm up to the it. With that said, I do wish Balenciaga would get rid of Meisel already. None of his campaigns have really done any justice for the collections he has photographed.

Totallity igree