13 March 2009

Fall 2009: Balenciaga





Lurve it. I think I love it most because this collection has rather mixed reviews and seems a bit of a head-scratcher. I love that Nicolas Ghesquière has done an about-turn away from his coldly 'futurist' fembots, and gone swooningly femme. The glace coloured satins, the print dresses Empress Michiko would wear (Hane Mori anyone?), the voluptuous draping and swags. This is the only hommage YSL needs, deeply thought through, digested, updated. The Ungaro touches are there too, in those Princess Diana dresses. Ravishing.

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