BALENCIAGA F/W 2011-2012

Nicolas Ghesquière for Balenciaga continues his great experimentation and innovation; for this f/w collection he focused his attention on the synthetic leather. His jackets are made of faux leather large tubes divinely mixed with billowing skirts with floral prints. It's a beautiful collection: wearable and futurist at the same time. Exquisite are tunics constructed in flowing lengths of deconstructed fabric and stiletto-heeled shoes with multiple frontal straps and baroque curl decorations.

BALENCIAGA & ANN DEMEULEMEESTER: First Look

BALENCIAGA

ANN DEMEULEMEESTER

BALENCIAGA SS 2011 Ad Campaign Preview

Steven Meisel signs the campaign for S/S 2011 punk collection of Nicholas Ghequière for Balenciaga. Gisele Bundchen, sporting a completely new look, is the model; she is accompanied by a male model named Yuri Pleskun wearing a ghoulish make up and little else.

Marie-Amélie styled the shoot, Pat McGrath took care of the make-up and Guido Palau was the hair-stylist. Paris-based graphic design duo M/M takes credit for a graphic layout, mixing crisp color images with vintage-looking black-and-white shots.

Balenciaga in New York

Is the first major survey of Christobal Balenciaga's work, from november 19 to february 19, at the Queen  Sophia Spanish Institute of New York. The retrospective pays tribute to couturier hailed as "Fashion's Picasso" by Cecil Beaton.

The exhibition will investigate how the work of Balenciaga was influenced by Spanish culture. Over 70 garments will be shown alongside traditional Spanish costumes and artworks, in an attempt to convey the unbreakable bond that the couturier had with his homeland. 

His creations always suggest a flamenco dance costume, an embroidered matador bolero or clothes that resemble those worn in portraits by Goya or Velazquez.

Christobal Balenciaga continues to inspire for its strong sense of tailoring.