Balenciaga S/S 2011 : Gisele Bundchen & Yuri Pleskun by Steven Meisel

[xerq]

i see givenchy's ugly backdrop has found a new home.i'm willing to see where this goes, so far it isn't all that i expected.

 

[candlebougie]

Balenciaga is paying a couple hundred thousand dollars for THIS?

The ad is ok, but you don't need Gisele to pull this off. I guess the average magazine reader won't even recognize her with this wig.

 

[kwonsm]

I don't like it at all. Especially origami logo.

 

[youarearockstar]

I like it. There, I said it.

I think the layout and the composition is beautiful.

 

[all_face]

AWFUL. It looks like a poor-mans take on Cindy Sherman's photography; Yuri and Gisele remind me of Jurgen and Cindy in his Marc Jacobs campaign.

I cannot express how much I hate this aesthetic for Balenciaga. Why couldn't they have chosen a streamlined and modern aesthetic? This does not feel modern at all, which is generally the case with most Balenciaga campaigns. This feels very dated and I just don't understand how this idea fits with the collection.

Bring back David Sims!

INSPIRATION

Image Balenciaga from fashioncopious at typepad.com
Image Cindy from comicbookresources.com
Image Cindy MJ from livejournal.com

 

[Suhzie]

Don't like it. Not one bit.

 

[testinofan]

jjajajajaj igree all_face

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Just ridiculous!

 

[LabelWhore4]

On second look this isn't so bad. It actually has me intrigued to see the rest. But does that bad wig really need to be cocked to the side?

 

[Fiercification]

I quite like it. I was a little thrown by the image of Gisele and Yuri together but actually I think it's kind of cool in a thrown together, lax kind of way. There's definitely some early 2000 I&V/Balenciaga vibe going on though.

 

[tanii94]

I like it. I dunno why, I just do.

 

[TianSoFine]

It's a bit strange. Actually, it's extremely strange.

 

[xPedro]

That ad is AMAZING! She is the best!

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Wtf? Foul, currently.

 

[judelove]

i barely recognized gisele. i may be the only one here, but i don't like balenciaga's clothes. nic is a genius, but the clothes are just unwearable imo. but i always love the ads.

 

[Pedro]

I like what I see so far.
Don't understand why aren't M/M written in bold as well, they are the main responsible for this!

 

[mackos]

Christ on a bike, what the hell is this supposed to be?

I could not care about Gisele's shot, but I utterly hate the B&W part and even more putting them together. And although I wan't expecting a marvell from Meisel, I can't express how do I detest the idea of bringing Yuri Pleskun for Balenciaga.

David Sims, where are you!?

 

[mikel]

I like it as well. Love the the combination of a studio shot with an outdoor shot.

 

[cul8tr]

the bigest disappointment of the seaon.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I'll be the token "I need to see more" commenter, because I really do. I don't hate it, but I can't quite say that I "get" it yet, either.

Also, Yuri