{"id":41652,"date":"2016-11-30T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=41652"},"modified":"2016-11-30T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T13:44:09","slug":"balenciaga-demna-gvasalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/balenciaga-demna-gvasalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Demna such a Hit at Balenciaga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Demna Left to right: AW16, Men’s RTW SS17, Resort ’17 and Women’s RTW SS17<\/p>\n

 
\nSuccess seems to come easily for Demna Gvasalia<\/a>. The man who brought us Vetements<\/a> has already spent a little over a year settling into his new position as chief designer at Balenciaga<\/a>, and the creative shows no signs of\u00a0disappointing anyone just yet. Implementing codes of power dressing with sophisticated cuts, he’s harkened back to his Georgian roots while still retaining the fashion house’s unshakable\u00a0heritage. More recently, the label’s\u00a0SS17 collection featured spandex tights and provocative heels in\u00a0yet another bold and surprising move for the designer. Gvasalia\u00a0has been celebrated for his bold fashion pastiche ever since the beginning of his rise to the top, but does the man who put Juicy sweatpants on the runway for Paris haute couture\u00a0fashion week really belong\u00a0at a brand synonymous with\u00a0sophisticated elegance?
\nWith one year under his oversized o-ring belt, we look back on Gvasalia’s performance\u00a0at Balenciaga so far.
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\"demna-balenciaga-fw16-2\" Balenciaga Women’s RTW AW16<\/p>\n

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\"Demna Balenciaga Women’s RTW AW16<\/p>\n

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Balenciaga \u2013 anything but basic<\/h3>\n

Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga founded the Spanish house in 1919, only to close it briefly in 1968 during a movement of fashion democratisation known as the youth-quake. The designer famously said, \u201cI am not made to dress people in the street.\u201d On the contrary, Gvasalia is the disciple of normcore. His work is not only inspired by street style, it imitates the banal \u2013 uniforms, daily wear, the familiar wardrobe staples.
\nFrom the beginning, Balenciaga sought to create a label synonymous with luxury. Vogue took notice, lauding the designer for his use of rich and sumptuous fabrics as well as the sense of grandeur his clothes portrayed. And \u2013 weird as it might seem \u2013 that is exactly what he has in common with Gvasalia. Despite the young designer\u2019s fascination with \u201cthe ordinary\u201d, his clothes are far from so. The Gvasalia-brothers elevate street style with their refined cuts, using costly fabrics to create limited edition pieces. The famous (or infamous) \u201cDHL\u201d T-shirt that Vetements showed during its Paris show last winter is a perfect example. Made of high-end materials and sold as a limited edition item, trend analyst Aleksandra Szymanska of The Future Laboratory believes it represents \u201ca different definition of luxury,\u201d going on to include, \u201cit\u2019s about an attention-grabbing visual statement.\u201d Demna\u2019s vision of luxury is ironic, bold and fresh \u2013 just what the current fashion system craves.
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\"Demna Balenciaga Men’s RTW SS17<\/p>\n

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\"Demna Balenciaga Men’s RTW SS17<\/p>\n

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Extravagant tailoring and exaggerated silhouettes<\/h3>\n

Masterful tailoring is another important element of Balenciaga\u2019s DNA. Gvasalia\u2019s recent menswear collection was inspired by Crist\u00f3bal\u2019s coat with a missing sleeve, a project the late-designer intended for personal use, but never finished. As Gvasalia stumbled upon it while researching the maison\u2019s archives, he took it upon himself to complete the unfinished work. The result was unexpected \u2013 a collection filled with broad shoulders, tight-fitting shorts and heavy brogues. While it does invoke visions of \u201cDavid Byrne meets Vetements\u201d, Gvasalia\u2019s exploration of close-fits and loose silhouettes\u00a0follows the steps of Balenciaga himself, who was probably one of the first designers in the west to appreciate the spacious and oversized.
\nCrist\u00f3bal Balenciaga was strikingly ahead of his time, a sentiment that is often bestowed upon Gvasalia as well. His original designs maintain their contemporaneity even when placed alongside\u00a0today\u2019s most avant-garde designs. An exhibition entitled \u201cGame Changers\u201d, currently on display at Antwerp\u2019s MoMU, aims to showcase the 20th century\u2019s most innovative designs and includes pieces created by Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga himself. The presentation reveals that Balenciaga\u2019s approach has much more in common with Margiela than with his peer\u00a0Dior. The sense of immediacy, contemporaneity and modernity is in the DNA of the fashion house. In reality, it might be the very reason why the brand\u2019s owners at Kering have had such difficulty in the search to find a suitable creative director.
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\"Demna Balenciaga Resort 2017<\/p>\n

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\"Demna Balenciaga Resort 2017<\/p>\n

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The future is female<\/h3>\n

In a recent interview with Vogue, Gvasalia said that he\u00a0does not intend on imitating Balenciaga\u2019s manner. Rather, he is interested in developing upon Crost\u00f3bal\u2019s vision of women. Unlike the succession of designers who failed at Balenciaga, he is not afraid to experiment, attempting to adjust the brand\u2019s values to contemporary tastes. And perhaps it is this forward-thinking mindset that has the designer succeeding where others could not.
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\"Demna Balenciaga Women’s RTW SS17<\/p>\n

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\"Demna Balenciaga Women’s RTW SS17<\/p>\n

 
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\nAll images courtesy of Balenciaga.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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