{"id":96777,"date":"2019-10-01T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=96777"},"modified":"2019-10-01T15:14:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:14:49","slug":"the-provocation-of-balenciaga-ss20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/the-provocation-of-balenciaga-ss20\/","title":{"rendered":"The provocation of Balenciaga SS20"},"content":{"rendered":"

If every season we had to define Balenciaga with a word it would be “peculiar”. This time, it was no different. Under the direction of Demna Gvasalia, the label has elevated the ironic luxurious streetwear aesthetics of Vetements<\/a>. Credit cards as earrings, the European Parliament as a catwalk or exaggerated shoulders were some of the ingredients.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Balenciaga<\/p>\n

A studio in the suburb of Saint-Denis in Paris was remodelled to resemble as much as possible the European Parliament in Strasbourg<\/strong>. The four-level elliptical ensemble was installed in the La Cit\u00e9 du Cin\u00e9ma film studios, all covered in velvet: one-kilometre curtains, carpets, hundreds of chairs spiral upwards.<\/p>\n

Neda Brady opened the show. However, he is not a model, but an architect. The casting mixed the models with ordinary people<\/strong>. In the note of the show they appeared, therefore, named one by one by profession. For example, “Tobias Mehlmann, a mechanical engineer” was followed by “Bella Hadid, a model”. So indifferent.<\/p>\n

\"Balenciaga<\/p>\n

According to the firm itself, the collection is an ode to working people<\/strong>. However, not everyone feels the same way. Some people think it’s some kind of political movement.<\/p>\n

“Re-imagine dressing for work: dressing perfectly, no matter what you do for work.<\/h2>\n

Some saw a satire about U.S. policy on the garments<\/strong>: dresses would refer to Ivanka, diva warm clothes to Melania and the hyper-swollen parkas to Donald Trump’s blockade. Gvasalia doesn’t acknowledge having been inspired by any of these characters, but he is inspired by Angela Merkel’s stylisms. See? He never ceases to amaze us.<\/p>\n