Excerpt: Balenciaga. Spring 2025 - Paris Fashion Week

 "...Are we moving towards a renewed sexual revolution?  A new counter culture?  Is the controversial and antithesis Fashion designer Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga fame leading the charge?  Despite an illusive counterculture which has yet to materialize, after Two decades of feigned financial stability through bloated mortgage markets and a prefabricated structured economic and society template which, although many may not want to admit, has aligned with Christian fundamentalism.  Mirroring, as mentioned, the 1950s, but with a broader commerce.  Demna's romanticism with backlash, within his artistic shock value has been seen more as a trivialisation, than any rebellious gesture.  However, the Georgian born Fashion Designer offered a hint pre show, before revealing his Spring 2025 collection at the Cour du Dôme in Paris, by saying "The time has come for fashion to have a point of view"

Yet, Demna despite his blunt appeal for a "point of view" ambiguity is still very much his guide for the Balenciaga showpiece, and his latest runway showing for Paris Fashion Week, included that same captivation of oddness we have seen from many Demna inspired Balenciaga runway shows.  From the quirky dinner setting, through to Demna's attempt at creating a social scene at ease with itself, less sexual tension, and more relaxed and open..."

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/10/balenciaga-spring-2025-paris-fashion.html 

(A.Glass 2024)