Balenciaga Haute Couture F/W 2023.24 Paris

Can we finally get rid of this nonsense from our lives? There was some nice tailoring, but the impact it could have had was destroyed by the denim/streetwear part and the closing look. The irony of Demna's work has become insufferable and the drama around the campaigns only accelerated what was inevitable.

Also, was the botched soundtrack AI-generated? If so, then it's making this show even less relevant and bearable.
 
Can we finally get rid of this nonsense from our lives? There was some nice tailoring, but the impact it could have had was destroyed by the denim/streetwear part and the closing look. The irony of Demna's work has become insufferable and the drama around the campaigns only accelerated what was inevitable.

Also, was the botched soundtrack AI-generated? If so, then it's making this show even less relevant and bearable.
i adore madame butterfly but how i’ve lost count of the number of times i’ve heard it in défilés over the years. even when the soundtrack and staging is concerned, so-called ‘designers’ these days have such a pathetically small pool of inspirations to draw from.

soundtrack notwithstanding, it’s still a terrible showing. it’s completely redundant and the inclusion of denim is an affront. the lifeless casing doesn’t help either. i think it’s time the suits laid waste to this charlatan. he’s nothing more than a snake oil salesman.
 
^ It's not even a matter of using the same music all over again, Carmen got absolutely slaughtered by the postproduction (or rather production, if it really was AI-generated).
 
That closing look was laughable. Some medieval festival pantomime nonsense.

The pieces that were fine were just that. Fine. There isn't much to this as a whole and the fabric manipulations as well are rather limp, with that toilet paper stuck on the bottom of the shoe fringing being the worst culprit. Silhouette wise as well it's just kind of there. The core of this is very textbook couture done by a fashion student hopeful and really exemplifies the limited scope of Demna and his team.

It was a boring showing, and the audience also had the mood of pieces of dry old toast. Suppose it matched the models (to do that to Eva is criminal). All just pointless, and bit of a waste of what Balenciaga could be.
 
Fantastic cast and some good dresses (the one on Huppert and Guenevere for example) but tbh, I feel like we are at the end of the road with this one..

What’s the point of having some of the best catwalkers, women who gives life and personality to clothes to just have them as human hangers? Huppert looked like the Walking dead…
When you have a Eva Herzigova who can’t even fill her dress, what’s the message?

Clothes as armor can be an actual metaphor but having clothes that restrict movement to the extreme is actually not progressive at all. This is not my conception of Couture or HF.

‘Tbh, I’m overall tired of the telescopage of Demna. Seeing archives Balenciaga mixed with Couture denim, no matter what fabrics used is tiring.

For me, Armani with his exquisite sequins and yummy satin and Vauthier with his impeccable tailoring were more modern than this.

‘Maybe for some, this will put Balenciaga back into the map but 10 Avenue George V is not a place I’m interested to go anytime soon.
 
remove all that nonsensical menswear and it would’ve been a solid HC offering considering Demna’s style for Balenciaga.

some of the gowns are gorgeous and the casting was an amazing treat (Iselin, Poly, Guinevere, Mariacarla, Eva…)

even that gimmicky last look made sense since it exaggerated the whole vibe of the presentation.
 
Most the collection is quite strong.
Beautiful tailoring, dramatic pieces, architectural lines, great textures.
The casting is impeccable....Happy to see Saskia back and Danielle Slavik opening the show.

What bothered me :
- the shoes. Their ugly proportions were distorting some great silhouettes. What a pity...
- the soundtrack. It was unbearable. And brought a pessimistic-bad atmosphere.
- the "mundane" mens looks. Thy ruined the elevated vibe.
 
I'm not gonna lie, I quite enjoyed that for the most part. The denim and men's section in the middle was far from necessary, but there were some seriously beautiful looks in there. I didn't even mind the final look.

With that cast and front row crowd, the industry insiders are quite obviously sending out the message that the PR nightmare is a thing of the past if it were up to them, aren't they?
 
i fail to see whats couture about this, theyre mostly plain silhouettes repeated in different exotic leathers/feathers. Other than that, don't see a whole lot of couture techniques, even the fit are all oversized so couldn't tell if he can make clothes that fit well.
 
I thought Mariacarla looked great. Also liked watching the reactions from the lady with the grayish hair on the right of the doorway lol. Along with the one to the far left of her who I kept pretending was Jane Adams in the idol coming to Paris for a break after dealing w some sh*t Jocelyns been pulling.
 
I'm over it. It's time to go.

The only highlight of the show for me is seeing Suzanne Koller in the front row.
He did Isabelle Huppert so dirty with that hair and make-up. She looks like a modern Madame Bovary at her final moment.

He has nothing new to offer anymore, and reissued the archive can only last for so long.
 
Not bad! Good dresses here and there. Although it just shows how something that used to be considered forward a mere year ago can be so démodé when built on something so gimmicky. Time for him to go, party’s over.
 

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