When Cristóbal launched the house nearly a hundred years ago, he was considered among the first couturiers to reimagine fashion as architecture for the body he inspired fashion obsessives with his iconic structured shapes that became the haute couture look of the fifties and sixties.
#Balenciaga 2012 fall winter update#
Kristen Stewart and ultra-thin models aside, Ghesquière has always been ahead of the curve technically, pioneering new methods to obtain old-school results - like when he used neoprene’d silks to update architectural shapes Cristóbal Balenciaga was known for - and to create collections that felt elegant, yet fearless. Until, months later, you would recognize them on some impeccable stranger having a fabulous lunch. Since 1997, he’s established himself as a mathematical constant within the fashion world: If other collections disappointed, Balenciaga delighted, even if you didn’t get the vibe of the collection right away even if you weren’t quite sure who was wearing these clothes.
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And even more so, for those who feasted on the details at his Paris runway show every year, where the clothes were obviously out there, but also an inspiring assemblage of absurdly strong shoulders, metallic bodysuits, and head-to-toe floral separates. The news of Nicolas Ghesquière’s departure from Balenciaga yesterday wasn’t just bad news for devotees of his skinny silhouette and philosophic design sensibility, but also for any civilian or celebrity who wore his bags.