Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2026 Paris

[Cocteau Stone]

He took the premise of Demnas LA/Erewhon show and only stayed there. Makes sense if Demna was no longer designer anywhere but he’s at Gucci. So this looks interim designer coded clutching at straws to keep things going whilst they find an actual designer to get them through.

Robin did it justice with the photography. He’s injected a great atmosphere to elevate it. Still just looks like over designed ALO and Lululemon. With the more dramatic silhouettes and pieces it becomes a gimmicky exercise in styling, in that Hans Feurer girl on the go urban environment editorial way. Highlights that PPP has nothing to really say or offer with fashion currently, or he’s stuck in an echo chamber that it is perpetually dated and running 5 trend cycles behind. There’s even a strong whiff of Hedi’s and Rider’s Celine here too in the worst possible way. It isn’t a bad collection there’s just so much nonsense to it coming from all different directions I wonder what the point is. Clinging to hits of the immediate past to validate his vision. Hits that I wouldn’t even associate with the world of Balenciaga in this current moment.

Demna is still around, and his spiritual “successors” if we can call them that are doing what he did at Balenciaga so there’s no need for PPP to go this way. I can’t really see where this can go in the coming year because it already looks so set in stone with little room to manoeuvre when people have other brands to go to and probably have already moved on. His red carpet showings have also been abysmal for the most part. PLUS they contradict what this and the RTW show represent as his vision. I can’t even say that it’s formulaic. It’s tired. Made well with some nice outerwear, but there’s no real purpose.

 

[brandon J pierre]

Get rid of Demnas already. ! Is not necessary

 

[tctra]

whatever this is..

 

[lhhbl]

All over the place, I don’t get the vision. Nice separates though, but I don’t know what this brand for years nos

 

[rip_ian curtis]

This collection, the lookbook photography and him describing it as ”tech-wear with couture” is giving Olivier Lapidus at Lanvin.

 

[hamburgers]

BTS

 

[GivenchyAddict]

^ text made in AI. Probably the same for this collection.

 

[PDFSD]

Where have I seen these before? Oh yes, Demna’s debut collection for Balenciaga!

the colab was already in the works under Demna´s period before he left for gucci , so thats why its the updated version from his first show

 

[Kanzai]

It's giving New Americana by Halsey circa 2015. But I’m sure PPP doesn’t know how peak Tumblr was.
I do like some mens looks but that’s it. Still can’t get him as a designer.

 

[CholoChic]

Delicious pieces,
I will wear Balenciaga all this season
(if I could...)

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Idrc about him or this but it’s so clear he doesn’t have full creative control and he is being told what he can and can’t do. Which is a snooze.

 

[PDFSD]

Idrc about him or this but it’s so clear he doesn’t have full creative control and he is being told what he can and can’t do. Which is a snooze.

based what and who it’s so clear he doesn’t have full creative control?

because he is using some denma sneakers ?

 

[disco54]

Where is PP in this lol its mostly just Demna leftovers

 

[jeremydante]

I love it.

It's successful in its blending of new era house code under Demna, and slowly merging into what PPP will do in a way that is all his own, as an interpretation of Balenciaga historically. The silhouettes are there, the presence of Black as a heritage color of Cristobal. I love where this is going, and as a pre-fall collection, this makes me very excited.

 

[CCFAIRY]

This is an Alexander Wang Collection

 

[NakedAndAfraid]

I see a similarity to Givenchy after Riccardo. The identity crisis blinds me from seeing anything other than the visual clashes.

I'm sure there's stuff to love if you can focus. The white peacoat with big mirror buttons early on looks nice for example, if you take it out of context.

 

[Norden]

I find this shockingly bad. Brands need focus now! This is insanely all over the place, which that badly written bts post totally surfaces. This pppppp guy needs to start making a collection, give us a direction. The most successful CDs used the balenciaga brand to lead the way with Cristobal’s voice, like his work or not, demna did this also. To me this is totally on the same level as Alexander wang. It’s way too safe.
I mean what’s the angle here, it’s so diffused and vague. This is the brand that is not inclusive, it needs to exclude people, it needs to be hyper filtered. Otherwise it’s Gucci.

What a mess.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I know it is not THAT bad, but the more I think about this the worse I find it.

I totally get what some of you say about AI.

It feels like a bunch of bestsellers from Nicolas, Demna and Wang thrown together.

Who is behind this? Nobody.

 

[callmejaeden]

Seperate ad campaign?

 

[Caffeine]

I know it is not THAT bad, but the more I think about this the worse I find it.

I totally get what some of you say about AI.

It feels like a bunch of bestsellers from Nicolas, Demna and Wang thrown together.

Who is behind this? Nobody.

It looks to be a collection designed to test their customer base. who came? who left? who stayed? It's a survey with real $$.
if Chanel was smarter they would have done the same.