Demna Gvasalia - Designer, Creative Director of Balenciaga

[GoldenPetals]

Wake me up when he leaves.

 

[Caffeine]

what is elegance

I've been thinking about Wellerman vs. rap. Things always change.

 

[Nimsay]

Demna thinks hes keith haring when hes really romeo britto

this whole post-2012 “what is fashion?” Crap was so banal and im glad its over.

 

[LadyJunon]

Balenciaga at the 76th Cannes Film Festival:

Source: Balenciaga's Instagram

 

[LadyJunon]

Balenciaga at Kering Women in Action:

Source: Balenciaga's Instagram

 

[LadyJunon]

Also, this show is coming on the 31st:

 

[lhhbl]

they (both brand people who dress in it) really don't care and are not going anywhere

 

[plentyofhorns]

Balenciaga at Kering Women in Action:
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Source: Balenciaga's Instagram

calling salma a “kering woman” is kind of ridiculous lol

 

[brandon J pierre]

Well i guess he's here to stay !

 

[LadyJunon]

calling salma a “kering woman” is kind of ridiculous lol

I mean, she is married to Pinault.

 

[Mutterlein]

I mean, she is married to Pinault.

 

[plentyofhorns]

I mean, she is married to Pinault.

that was my point lol. that she’s the Kering woman

 

[StylishCynic]

At Bergdorf’s last weekend —on a rainy Saturday with many, many shoppers from all the ritzy hotels nearby who had nothing else to do but spend money—and the Balenciaga salon was deserted. There wasn’t even a shop person standing around waiting for a buyer.

All other shop spaces were brimming with clients.

 

[Mutterlein]

At Bergdorf’s last weekend —on a rainy Saturday with many, many shoppers from all the ritzy hotels nearby who had nothing else to do but spend money—and the Balenciaga salon was deserted. There wasn’t even a shop person standing around waiting for a buyer.

All other shop spaces were brimming with clients.

From what I've been hearing and reading in WWD, sales in North America haven't really recovered.

 

[Kikala]

New NY Times article by Vanessa Friedman: The Balenciaga Comeback Is Happening

 

[BlueRuin]

Told y’all he wasn’t going anywhere and they would recover from this lol

 

[Mutterlein]

Told y’all he wasn’t going anywhere and they would recover from this lol

The fat lady hasn't sung.

They are attempting a recovery---which we knew they were going to. The sales have yet to bounce back. Budgets are still slashed.

Paying a bunch of actors to wear the clothes at a Kering event at Cannes is hardly the triumphant return.

 

[mteb123]

But besides the scandal etc the clothes are ugly and horrible and we are over Demna’s whole point of view!! We desperately need a new vision and this will really allow the brand to make a comeback that feels right!!

 

[style_expert]

^ totally. Never waste a good crisis! The whole scandal and the aftermath would have been the perfect opportunity to start with a clean slate and a new aesthetic. People were starting to get tired of Demna's Balenciaga already but the whole ordeal completely accelerated that. I think it will be hard to reverse as long as Demna is presenting more of the same over and over again.
He can have all the support from Kering, Anna Wintour, Conde Naste and what else, in the end the fashion consumer will decide I guess.

 

[plentyofhorns]

New NY Times article by Vanessa Friedman: The Balenciaga Comeback Is Happening

so glad NYT is here to tell me they’re back! because looking around the streets of nyc I didn’t notice