BALENCIAGA WINTER 2024 COLLECTION

READY-TO-WEAR
CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA-INSPIRED DRESSES WITH “HIP-AULETTE” CONSTRUCTION
(SHOULDER PADS SEWN INTO THE HIP).
MAXI FAUX-FUR COATS. TREATED WITH RESIN FOR AN AGED EFFECT. RAW-CUT HEMS.
SUPER-FLUID, SUPER-DECONSTRUCTED TAILORING. (PIECES HERE ARE NEW ADDITIONS TO GARDE-ROBE.) LEATHER BALENCIAGA LABEL TROMPE-L’OEIL BROOCHES.
FROZEN DRAPE DRESSES.
SUSPENDED GARMENT DRESSES, MADE OUT OF A VARIETY OF REPURPOSED WARDROBE STAPLES. NEWSUITS. ZIP-UP HOODED ALL-PURPOSE JACKETS, WITH MATCHING PANTS.
OUTERWEAR JACKETS LINED WITH LEATHER; TRACKSUITS, BOMBERS AND PUFFER JACKETS THAT COME WITH MATCHING SKIRTS.
VAREUSE TOPS, MADE OUT OF INVERTED TROUSERS. INFORMED BY AN ORIGINAL CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA PIECE – LA VAREUSE.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARKAS ELONGATED TO BE WORN AS COATS.
MULTI-WAISTBAND PANTS.
BALENCIAGA DUST BAGS, BACKPACKS AND NYLON GYM BAGS UPCYCLED INTO TOPS, SKIRTS AND DRESSES. TROMPE-L’OEIL LAYERING; LACE STOCKINGS ARE PRINTS IN REALITY.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS TAPED-TOGETHER GARMENTS.
1 MINUTE DESIGNS. VARIOUS CLOTHING ITEMS THROWN TOGETHER AND SEWN AS ONE NEW GARMENT. EXAMPLE: 3 HOODIES COMBINED TO MAKE A DRESS, THE LOWERMOST BEING INVERTED SO THAT ITS SLEEVES CREATE A MERMAID TAIL (THIS IS A REINTERPRETATION OF THE ICONIC BALENCIAGA BUBBLE DRESS). ANOTHER: PIECES OF LINGERIE CONSTRUCTED TO FORM A GOWN.

ACCESSORIES
FACE-SHIELD EYEWEAR. SINGLE-MOLD INJECTION ACETATE WITH EAR OPENINGS.
COOLEST BEANIE EVER. PULLS DOWN OVER THE EYES TO GIVE AN ATTITUDE, BUT IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO SEE.
OVER-STONEWASHED AND SUPER-MINIMAL ALL-DAY LEATHER BAGS. MULTIPLE SIZES.
HANDS-FREE PHONE HOLDERS. PHONE CASE WITH HEAVY BANGLE ATTACHED.
NEOCLASSIC BAGS. EXPANDED OFFERING OF THE RODEO LINE. ADDED UTILITY.
MEGASCARFS.
ALL-DAY NYLON SHOPPERS.
ESSEX BAGS. COMBINING MAXIMAL AESTHETICS AND TEXTURES, WITH NEW “B” HARDWARE AND FAUX PYTHON, CROC AND LEOPARD PRINT EMBOSSING OR LINING.
BIKERGLOVE CLUTCHES AND BAGS, UPCYCLED FROM DEADSTOCK ALPINESTARS RSRV MATERIAL. RIPPED-TIGHTS PANTASHOES.
DECONSTRUCTED SUPERLIGHT, FLAT DERBY SHOES.
ESSEX KNEE-HIGH BOOTS. SAME AESTHETIC MIX (METAL, MOTIF, COLORS) AS ESSEX BAGS.
LOUIS XV SLIPPERS, WITH EXAGGERATED BOW APPLIQUÉ ON THE FRONT.
MONOBLOCK STRUCTURED WADER BOOTS.

SHOW
THE SHOW OCCURS AT LES INVALIDES, UNDER A SET OF SCREENS TRACKING A NARRATIVE TIMELINE FROM MORNING TO NIGHT OVER NATURAL AND ELECTRONIC LANDSCAPES. AS THIS PROGRESSES, DEPICTIONS SHIFT FROM ACTUAL TO ARTIFICIAL–OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE TWO STATES. EDITING, SPLICING, CONTENT, SHARING, SCROLLING: EACH ELEMENT AND MORE PLAYS ACROSS THE MONITORS.
THE SOUNDTRACK IS COMPOSED BY BFRND AND FEATURES HIGH ENERGY RHYTHMS, HYPNOTIC MELODIES AND VOICES TURNED INTO SYNTHS.