Excerpt: BALENCIAGA FALL 2022 COUTURE - PARIS
"Demna Gvsalia has returned for his 2nd Haute Couture collection for Balenciaga, reinstating the importance of holding the shows within the late Cristóbal Balenciaga's restored Maison in Paris. It was the Fall 2021 showing which set a standard amidst Gvsalia's debut as Couturier while imprinting his antithesis of fashion design. Which, if one was a traditionalist when viewing and discerning couture, Gvsalia's Balenciaga would be far from that foundation of Haute Couture Cristóbal Balenciaga was famous for. But, designer fashion brands if they are to remain as a seasonal dominance within their perspective markets, Kering, who owns Balenciaga, would not be reigning in creative control over Balenciaga. Rather they have allowed Gvsalia to develop his unique retroaction to the fashion industry, which, as noted with his Resort 2023 showing held at the New York stock exchange, along with his horror esque collection, was quoted in saying, "...We live in a terrifying world, and I think fashion is a reflection of that..." . And the Balenciaga Couture Fall 2023 collection is a further extension of Gvsalia's deconstruction of fashion, whilst imprinting his sequitur that is of the doomsday ethos. Which, undeniable surrounds us all, at this time in our history.
Gvsalia has merged his sadomasochistic and "terrifying" elements from the Resort collection as a couture show, which work on the basis of Gvsalia's precision styling, which throughout his tenure with Balenciaga has presented some of the most assiduous avant-garde styles within the fashion industry today. Yet, one cannot deny Gvsalia's burlesque take on Cristóbal Balenciaga couture standard, as the Fall 2022 collection is filled with the gothic and bizarre..."
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(A.Glass 2022)
Spring 2023 review soon.
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