Balmain F/W 2018.19 by An Le

[mepps]

Love Milla! She really elevates this tacky collection.
The video is sort of strange and pointless tho.

 

[vogue28]

Volume 2 with Mina Rose by An Le:

 

[vogue28]

Volume 3 with Daphne Guinness & Lara McGrath by An Le:

 

[vogue28]

Volume 4 with Duckie Thot by An Le:

 

[Benn98]

What's with the 'volume' campaigns? Are they going Prada now? Rather not.
It seems Balmain is trying to get into the conversation, lol. These volumes, the mass PR approved plugs I've been seeing everwhere about how 'cool' it is that they're creating CGI models for a campaign. Can't blame them. Even on here nobody mentions them and I don't see their clothes on covers.

I like Duckie's images. She looks stunning. And I somewhat like the fact that Olivier is adding his own Tisci twist by adding an older woman to his campaign, of course in his case it makes perfect sense that it's the undeniably gaudy Daphne Guinness.

 

[anlabe32]

Gross trash, all of it.

 

[amby]

Full casts: actress Milla Jovovich, fashion icon Daphne Guinness, dancer Sergei Polunin, singer/model Charlotte Lawrence, beat boxer Mina Rose, singer James Bay, singer/model Gabriel Kane Lewis and models Soo Joo Park, Duckie Thot and Luz Pavon.

Source: press release email from Balmain.

 

[amby]

cont.

 

[amby]

+ Izzy Alisha and Lara McGrath

 

[Scotty]

I liked the Mila OG concept, now it's a bit too much.

 

[Benn98]

While I liked the addition of Duckie and android Daphne's shots, the rest of the cast could be barred especially Soo Joo with that horrible blonde hair. So over her look. Like the male casting though. Gabriel and Sergei both suit the brand surprisingly well.

 

[sweetpop]

The video for Sergei from his facebook!

I'm not sure if it's because I have a soft spot for him, but I think he is well suited to the brand. He seems very comfortable in the video too; genuinely having fun and enjoying himself.

edit: I can't seem to embed the video from facebook here, so I've linked the post from his instagram. The video on his facebook page isn't cropped so the video is better viewed there.

 

[Nomar]

This is ridiculous and not in a good way. I can't believe that they would actually use some of these shots.

 

[zacatecas570]

The one with Daphne looks like "Serviced" by Steven Meisel with Magdalena and Maryna for Vogue Italia August 2007

 

[YohjiAddict]

^Totally, the angle, the shiny jacket and that truck however that edit had a very atmospheric muted palette that reminded me of Blade Runner, this campaign is too saturated and flat. I only like the first shot with the pleated cape.

 

[kokobombon]

I´m here for James Bay