Nicolas Ghesquière - Designer, Creative Director of Louis Vuitton

[kit]

What do you think of this :-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1404852,00.html


Is this the kiss of death , since many here have mentioned BALENCIAGA'S precarious position with GUCCI , and the fact that the clothes sizing for both women and men leaves much to be desired ?

Are the clothes there simply to highlight the accessories ?

( Moderator - please feel free to combine this with any other thread , although the only one I can find is about the availability of the men's line ) .

 

[softgrey]

thanks for the article kit...

ghesquiere really doesn't interest me...and i don't see the 'beautiful' part either...
he's completely inconsistent...

maybe a 'one hit wonder' with the bag being the 'hit single'...

 

[Spike413]

I agree with the inconsistency, up until this spring's line I hadn't been liking his collections since 2002. As he's grown in recognition the designs went from being cutting edge and avant garde to pretentious. I mean, yes he has talent, but for a while he was wasting it.....mabye things will pick up again for Balenciaga.

 

[kit]

........... mabye things will pick up again for Balenciaga.

With a pair of women's trousers at just under £1000 !!!

You've got to be kidding !!!

 

[PrinceOfCats]

I bought a Balenciaga blue nylon top a few weeks back that was reduced from several hundred pounds. It was basically a mac in a nice colour with a nice shape. I would have been majorly p-ssed off if I'd paid full price. I'm guessing the crazy pricing is deliberate...

 

[Spike413]

With a pair of women's trousers at just under £1000 !!!

You've got to be kidding !!!

See, obviously I've never been in the boutique....that's a bit nutty!

 

[faust]

What do you think of this :-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1404852,00.html


Is this the kiss of death , since many here have mentioned BALENCIAGA'S precarious position with GUCCI , and the fact that the clothes sizing for both women and men leaves much to be desired ?

Are the clothes there simply to highlight the accessories ?

( Moderator - please feel free to combine this with any other thread , although the only one I can find is about the availability of the men's line ) .

The word "hype" comes to mind

 

[Kimkhuu]

Though I have to admit the collection has been going pretty downhill, and it's been especially perceivable during the S/S 05 show, where every single thing was just wrong, I'll never forget some of the most exceptionnal pieces he've done before.

 

[TWILO]

i enjoyed reading this article.

 

[mikeijames]

i liked that article...seemed sort of generic though...like it's been sitting on a shelf somewhere.

 

[droogist]

I've come to really like Ghesquière, I'd say he's one of the few non-derivative designers working today. You don't often mistake Balenciaga for someone else's work. And I like that he's not afraid to do a 180-degree turn from season to season, although this has admittedly led to some wildly inconsistent collections. As a general rule of thumb, I'd say his winter collections tend to be good, and his summer collections tend to fall anywhere between underwhelming and repulsive (S/S 2005 excepted, I loved it).

 

[PrinceOfCats]

i liked that article...seemed sort of generic though...like it's been sitting on a shelf somewhere.

As the Gruaniad's usual bum typography is missing, you may well be right...

 

[mnis]

Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala may 7


celebutopia.net

 

[The_Ida]

That's a whole lotta tassels.

 

[dizzytacks]

he is genius, the perfect human being, i am in awe!!!!!!

style.com

 

[fashionistasista]

how dashing does he look above!! and Blanchette is absolutely stunning as always... (the neckline on that dress looks a little awkward though )

 

[Yimi]

I dont like that ugly dress

 

[ilaughead]

how dashing does he look above!! and Blanchette is absolutely stunning as always... (the neckline on that dress looks a little awkward though )

I think that's my only problem with it. It looks like she just got it off the rack or something.

 

[mass]

how does he manage to always have the same amount of 5 o clock shadow in every photo?

 

[ilaughead]

^That's strange, I've never noticed it, but you're completely right. With all the success he's been enjoying do you think he has a personal assistant monitor it for him? B)