Pierpaolo Piccioli - Designer, Creative Director of Balenciaga

[carla56]

Question: Can PPP's kid pull a Rachele Regini at Balenciaga?

Well… he already used his daughter for a Valentino Beauty campaign so why not lol

 

[TurkicMongol]

Her influencer vibe makes Rachele look like academic scholar!

 

[hamburgers]

Looks like we have our winner for the worst debut teaser

 

[Lola701]

Please get rid of that horrible font!

 

[Avonlea]

The original logo was great, they should bring it back now that Demna is out

 

[oioioi]

Looks like we have our winner for the worst debut teaser

Cheesy.com

 

[NoInvite]

the whole teaser series look like they just contacted M/M last week.

 

[YohjiAddict]

I mean it’s ok to have a style when you are an artist but they cannot expect people to gasp and awe for something we saw plastered everywhere across records, campaigns and magazines dating back to the 90s. Balenciaga had a campaign or two with the same exact illustration style under NG.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

Knowing Pierpaolo's penchant for romanticism and if we consider the launch of the vintage perfume line as a hint of the new aesthetic for Balenciaga...
I can imagine the coming collection will reference Nicolas' SS2006.

 

[Kutukas]

Was there ever a less boring and mediocre designer than this? Balenciaga needed to continue Demna's legacy, and his brother should have inherited the position as c

 

[jeremydante]

PPP's inspo hints on IG are both revealing yet confusing. So I am unsure of what direction he will go in. I also agree deeply with @Avonlea - old logo should be reinstated to mark a return to pre-demna age of Balenciaga.

I am hoping that PPP reconnects Balenciaga to its spanish roots, and is able to maintain that same energy of modernity while doing so. No more chaos, no more gimmick-y disruption or lifestyle cos play. Just beautiful things. I think what he did at Valentino is an encouraging glimpse into what he can do. I am very excited about seeing the collection.

 

[LadyJunon]

PPP's inspo hints on IG are both revealing yet confusing. So I am unsure of what direction he will go in. I also agree deeply with @Avonlea - old logo should be reinstated to mark a return to pre-demna age of Balenciaga.

I am hoping that PPP reconnects Balenciaga to its spanish roots, and is able to maintain that same energy of modernity while doing so. No more chaos, no more gimmick-y disruption or lifestyle cos play. Just beautiful things. I think what he did at Valentino is an encouraging glimpse into what he can do. I am very excited about seeing the collection.

I think that he'll do something very Cristobal-esque with modernised 60s silhouettes. There will probably be nods to Demna and possibly Ghesquiere here and there, but I see it being quite referential for storytelling purposes.

 

[Norden]

Knowing Pierpaolo's penchant for romanticism and if we consider the launch of the vintage perfume line as a hint of the new aesthetic for Balenciaga...
I can imagine the coming collection will reference Nicolas' SS2006.

That perfume line was started quite a while ago. The design of the line is very much in tune with demnas restoration of the couture salon as a replica, stains included. It’s a bit of a shame that demna never leaned more into these conceptual angles with his clothes.

 

[Lola701]

PPP’s issue has never been on clothes. I hope that it will be more dynamic though. His RTW shows were never engaging.

I expect some sort of continuity. Maybe more close to the Balenciaga of the late 90’s to mid 00’s than Demna’s even if there will surely have a strong emphasis on tailoring.

But when it comes to clothes, he is maybe the « safest » designer to debut in a way. He does beautiful HF quality clothes. The most dramatic thing is probably that Balenciaga under NG and DG has been a brand that dress a kind of everyday woman (as long as she can afford it) in her everyday life in a way that Valentino has never been. The Valentino woman is slightly more dressy, formal.

 

[tourbillions]

Was there ever a less boring and mediocre designer than this? Balenciaga needed to continue Demna's legacy, and his brother should have inherited the position as c

delete this rn

no one should continue what demna has done to balenciaga.

 

[Kutukas]

Las pistas de inspiración de PPP en Instagram son reveladoras, pero a la vez confusas. Así que no estoy seguro de qué dirección tomará. También coincide plenamente con @Avonlea: el logotipo antiguo debería recuperarse para marcar el regreso a la era pre-demna de Balenciaga.

Espero que PPP reconecta a Balenciaga con sus raíces españolas y que, al mismo tiempo, mantenga esa misma energía de modernidad. Se acabó el caos, la disrupción artificiosa y los juegos de roles. Solo cosas hermosas. Creo que lo que hizo en Valentino es un adelanto talentoso de lo que puede hacer. Tengo muchas ganas de ver la colección.

Dude, when it comes to beautiful, easy-to-make things, there are countless brands. What characterized Demna's Balenciaga was chaos, and that impacted sales. All the male customers will flee to Gucci. I was a regular Balenciaga customer until the appointment, the boring one of fashion. He reiterated that the successor should be Demna's brother, who could also continue his great work at Vetements.

eliminar esto rn

Nadie debería continuar lo que Demna le hizo a Balenciaga.

Hay que admitirlo. Hay que admitir que Demna ha vuelto a convertir a Balenciaga en una marca relevante. Ahora caerá en el olvido, como ocurrió durante la era otoño-invierno. Balenciaga perderá a toda su clientela masculina.

 

[tourbillions]

he did not raise balenciaga from the dead hunny... Ghesquire did, but he did infuse new blood into it and at the same time he completely ruined it. His endgame for Balenciaga was to completely destroy the legacy and to bring it down to the streets/memes. It was not that bad at the beginning when he proposed a pretty fun mix between formal and street.

 

[Kutukas]

We'll see how Balenciaga's sales will be a disaster. He's a boring and charisma-less designer; you only have to look at his social media.

 

[tourbillions]

We'll see how Balenciaga's sales will be a disaster. He's a boring and charisma-less designer; you only have to look at his social media.

doont worry we all agree about this part...

 

[GIVENCHYlover]