Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2025 Paris

[jeanclaude]

Almost 2025 and he keeps dragging this on and on...Pre-f*ck 2025 is more accurate (as always with Demna).

 

[reese06]

I think I’m the lone balenciaga fan here

I like the collection tbh, but my problem with demna is that he is no longer pushing boundaries and the elegance and refinement is almost non existent these days, so we just end up with a ton of merch and ideas, none of them fully realized which makes it very gimmicky and lacking in depth. by the time his collections make it to retail, I’m no longer excited and their prices have ballooned beyond what I find reasonable.

It’s sad that most won’t remember his early collections for the house because he’s dumbed it down to this now.

 

[GoldenPetals]

High Street on steroids. *Cringe*

Whoever buys this pretentious junk deserves to be ripped off.

 

[fenty]

Let's hope Saint Laurent's former CEO drives him out

 

[brandon J pierre]

Ralph !!

 

[90sfan]

Im pre-ordering now. Love it so much

 

[tourbillions]

non existent these days,

Only these days?

I get it for some this is probably "cool" and "current"... but he should leave it at vetements. There should have been no place for this in Balenciaga. He tried atleast in the beginning to incorporate evening wear with his streetweat. Now its just thrift shop couture.

Also.. Visors as sunglasses? how groundbreaking. Sadly, now Balenciaga is just a high street brand. I know, many brands are not like what they were with the original designer anymore. I don't think they will be able to bring back the legacy of Balenciaga anymore, not any time soon atleast. I feel like his brand is the only one that has stayed "luxury" but with a totally opposite ethos to what he stood for.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I can understand why this has some fans. You cannot mistake it with another brand. I consider it trashy, but I can see why someone would consider it "edgy" (edgy not per se, but under the tag "Balenciaga").

The problem for me comes when in the last Couture show you have pieces that could belong in here to almost all effects.
You are doing Haute Couture, Collections and Pre-Collections, and in the end it all looks like the same heavy-metal-drug-dealers-&-addicts-homeless-scorts potpourri.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

The baseball cap from look 14, the yellow outfit and some other piece... are a collaboration with Scholl, the deodorant spray for smelly feet? 🥳🤣

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

The Birkenstock stilettos (look 7)

 

[mteb123]

Just thinking of all the possible designers that could take over Balenciaga and do amazing things with the brand considering its history and prestige (pre Demna of course) Anything he remotely did that was half decent has been shattered by what he puts out these days. He’s not a genius!! He never will be!!

Also I always think about the people who love and eat up this garbage and will pay thousands and think they are cool!!

Everything about this is a waste!! A waste of time, money, resources, energy, fabrics… I could really go on.

 

[yslforever]

The Birkenstock stilettos (look 7)

A Scholl collab.
Plus wtf that flat sandal, the sole with rounded toes coming around the big toe.
Anyway they all look smelly and like they have fleas.

 

[90sfan]

I can understand why this has some fans. You cannot mistake it with another brand. I consider it trashy, but I can see why someone would consider it "edgy" (edgy not per se, but under the tag "Balenciaga").

The problem for me comes when in the last Couture show you have pieces that could belong in here to almost all effects.
You are doing Haute Couture, Collections and Pre-Collections, and in the end it all looks like the same heavy-metal-drug-dealers-&-addicts-homeless-scorts potpourri.

You said it so well!!! Thats so cool!!!! Love the heavy metal addict look!!!! #goals

 

[tricotineacetat]

Guys come on, don’t feed the trolls… 🙄

 

[NakedAndAfraid]

I like the FBI/CIA (?) looks. It's like when he did the 80s hitman looks when he started at the house. It doesn't really mean anything, but you could say it's subversive, and I think it's a fun visual. I wasn't exasperated this time lol.

 

[Caffeine]

This is not edgy but "clowny"