Balenciaga F/W 12.13 by Steven Meisel

[pellucid]

Agree with everyone who said it was reminiscent of F/W 10, that was my first thought as well. I'm surprised by how good it looks so far as I had really low expectations. Love the colours and the set. I like what they did with the logo too.

 

[Melancholybaby]

The background does look a tad cheap but overall I like it. The contrast between the clothes and the setting would be even better had it been shot on a real beach though.

 

[jmrmartinho]

I absolutely adore his! May be the best Meisel campaign for Balenciaga.
The background is so good, so cheesy. The models look really nice, best directed than last season.
I need to see more but so far so good.

 

[mackos]

They chose the most surprising background for this, I mean the 80's office girls on the dunes? Lol.

Still I'm liking what I'm seeing, though. Sophie's close-up shot is phenomenal

 

[Chanelcouture09]

I really dislike the casting for the menswear campaign, there is a slew of gorgeous and androgynous male models and they choose him ? I don't get it, the photography however is gorgeous and the overall effect and setting is great, Josh did a great job.

The womenswear isn't all that bad, but it could be better, I don't hate it but I don't love it either, Steven Meisel may be considering influential but he most certainly isn't forward thinking, I would hope that eventually they would bring David Sims back, the only campaign's I loved under Meisel were Fall 2009 with Jennifer Connelly and Fall 2011.

 

[style_expert]

This is quite bad, much like its collections it seems balenciaga's campaigns have lost most of its relevancy. I agree David Sims should be brought back, he might be able to save at least the campaigns.

 

[Fiercification]

The beach reminds me of the one used in D&G S/S 2005. I have no idea who these girls are or see what they can bring to a Balenciaga ad campaign...but I guess that I just have no idea what Nicolas is about in general these days.

 

[thiago:)]

I can't believe I'm saying this but it's awesome! I really love it, specially the first shot. I can't wait to see more. The collection has looked quite good in print.

 

[clocked]

...i'm gonna wait and see...but nothing could be worse than this season's, so...

 

[KoV]

I hate everything about this.

 

[LeRouquin]

There are literally two pictures so far, how do you completely hate it or think it's the best thing Meisel's done for Balenciaga yet...

 

[Northern Star]

^Well knowing Balenciaga, there probably won't be many more pics involved.
Anyhow much better than last seasons strung out mess, but still not doing a lot for me.....the models here look very ordinary, maybe that's what they were going for.

 

[happytrail]

not crazy about the fake dune background.

and boo to more newbies who will likely be easily replaced come next season. it's not fair to those girls who will be promised a fruitful career in modeling (how often does that happen, really), and to us fans who will like them, only to be disposed of in a couple of seasons.

balenciaga used to have some of my favorite ad campaigns, but not so much lately. such a shame.

 

[Xone]

david sims back please....
i loved the collection but not the campaign...it seems off

 

[fashscan]

facebook.com/1stoptionmodels

 

[kwonsm]

Full campaign





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[mikel]

I love it!

 

[Vitamine W]

^Loving this too. Especially upon seeing Anniek's solo shots.
(not so much loving the girl with the constant question mark in her eyes though)

 

[anlabe32]

^ lol which one do you mean?

Anniek looks great! And I love the campaign too

So we have Julier Bugge, Juliet Ingleby, Anniek Kortleve, Sophie Hirschy, Linn Arvidson and Rosie Tapner. Would have loved to see Yulia Serzhantova, Kristin Liljegren or Laura Kampman again too.

 

[Naen]

Luckily for them, all the poorer quality collections from this year have most captivating and well-executed campaigns.
This atmosphere instantly bought me with the simplicity of the background and the contrast it creates with the clothes so that the real focus is set on girls.
Most of these models are unknown to me, which in my eyes is quite effective because of the whole mystery thing going on in this collection itself; in this case my personal standout is a redhead girl, she blends perfectly with the ambience.