Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2023 Paris

[brandon J pierre]

Its over lets move on to someone new!!

 

[disco54]

This brand needs a complete reboot, the whole angst-ridden 90s East European Gopnik look is dead. That fashion show they did in the mud was one of the most disgusting things I have seen then that Pedo scandal sealed the deal.

 

[LadyJunon]

This brand needs a complete reboot, the whole angst-ridden 90s East European Gopnik look is dead. That fashion show they did in the mud was one of the most disgusting things I have seen then that Pedo scandal sealed the deal.

I'm not even disgusted by it. I just find Demna's Balenciaga jaded and boring at this point. The womenswear side of high fashion has long since moved on and the menswear side is peak saturation. As I said before, the creative director situation at Gucci is the only thing keeping Demna here.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

I kind of miss the time when Vetements first started lol. Like the first 2 or so collections. The way everyone was just kinda like ?? but also kind of liked it. He wasn't trying so hard. I wish he just kept it there instead of turning into this intense, really annoying caricature of himself. But I guess that comes with the territory of working for Kering? Dunno. Seems easy to get swallowed up into that monster.

 

[LadyJunon]

I kind of miss the time when Vetements first started lol. Like the first 2 or so collections. The way everyone was just kinda like ?? but also kind of liked it. He wasn't trying so hard. I wish he just kept it there instead of turning into this intense, really annoying caricature of himself. But I guess that comes with the territory of working for Kering? Dunno. Seems easy to get swallowed up into that monster.

For context, here is Demna's first collection, his first runway show and his debut at Balenciaga:
Vêtements Fall'14:


Vêtements Spring'15:


Balenciaga Fall'16:


Looking at these collections really shows how far Demna has fallen as a designer. All three of those collections were timeless and intelligent in their own right. As I said before, Demna is possibly one of the best womenswear designers of our time, but the success of his louder, memey, obscenely ironic menswear overshadowed that and swallowed him whole.

Also, why and how is a new designer launching a brand and being hired at a couture house in the space of two years? Shows how desperate Kering was.

 

[Norden]

Kering is really keen on pushing a look and driving it home in the most comical manner. It’s a strength for the short term but on longer term it becomes played out very quickly.

I also liked demnas earlier collections, they where really fun and relaxed while still being very intelligent and considered clothes.

 

[LadyJunon]

Kering is really keen on pushing a look and driving it home in the most comical manner. It’s a strength for the short term but on longer term it becomes played out very quickly.

I also liked demnas earlier collections, they where really fun and relaxed while still being very intelligent and considered clothes.

Now you say that, Gucci suffered from the exact same thing. Daniel's Bottega Veneta was going down that road too.

 

[IloveDiorHomme]

Early Vetements collections and his first collections at Balenciaga were good because they were unpredictable.

Demna used to surprise us every season with super directional and diverse collections.

Now it’s just a black soiled garde-robe.
Always the same models with the same attitude wearing the same clothes. It became too predictable.

Demna should bring more colors and less black oversized hoodies.

 

[GoldenTribe]

The newest item on Ssense is a Balenciaga logo cotton pullover hoodie for $2790, the most I've ever seen for a hoodie that wasn't cashmere or leather. It's a disgusting price for a miserable item.

 

[RaisinBoy]

Nice collection! I like it!

 

[Constructionist]

As BFRND plays in the background.

His husband BFRND's music is so awful.

 

[LadyJunon]

His husband BFRND's music is so awful.

The closing song to his mud pit show was the most offensive of them all. Courrèges × Sene is 10⁹ times better than this.

 

[brandon J pierre]

This is why Bernard Arnault is king of the luxury market! this should have been over by now ! Demna is not that good and he's no John Galliano. This is what Dior would have looked like if John stayed on at Dior. This brand is to taboo to even take photos in for Ig. its over move on

 

[plentyofhorns]

this whole demna aesthetic is tired. I saw a boy wearing full street wear balenciaga including the oversized glasses and frankly he looked very outdated and 2021. I was almost embarrassed.

 

[RaisinBoy]

Demna for Gucci,
Michele for Balenciaga
And Daniel Lee for Coach
And Kim Jones for Forever 21

 

[Bernie Flood]

Replace him now