BALENCIAGA news and archive

Balenciaga launches first in-house eyewear line with Dover Street Market

Balenciaga is kicking off the new year with the launch of an eyewear collection, available exclusively at Dover Street Market stores in the US, UK, Japan, Singapore and China, as well as on Dover Street Market’s ecommerce. With prices ranging between 290 US dollars (230 pounds) and 570 US dollars (450 pounds), the collection includes both...

Fashion

Fanny packs and dad sneakers: who buys them and where?

It’s safe to say that we all love a good fashion trend, and it seems like their popularity varies widely in different countries and regions. Now, with the help of Google, we can map out exactly which trends are popular, and where. FashionUnited has picked two of the hottest trending item of 2018 - the fanny pack and ‘dad sneakers’ - to take a...

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Dog fashion: the next step for luxury brands?

Moncler, the Italian label best known for its luxury down jackets, has partnered up with dog clothing brand Poldo Dog Couture to launch a special collection for our four-legged friends. Featuring jackets, waistcoats and hoodies, the capsule aims to “ensure that dogs can face harsh winters in perfect warmth and total comfort”, according to a...

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The year of ‘meme fashion’: the most-searched brands and trends of 2018

More than 80 million shoppers from 120 countries used fashion search engine Lyst in 2018. But what were they looking for? One no longer has to wonder, for the company has published its annual report of the year's most-searched brands, products and trends. Turns out 2018 was “the year of meme fashion”, with unusual items such as Balenciaga’s...

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Video: All you need to know about designer Demna Gvasalia

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Demna Gvasalia Source: Highsnobiety Channel, YouTube.

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Tiny bags and big shades: top trends at Paris fashion week

As Paris women's fashion week heads into the final straight, we look at what we have learned so far from the catwalk collections: It's all about purity, stupid Spring-summer collections are supposed to be about throwing open the windows to a world of colour and floral fancy, but Paris shows have been notably more sober and austere than usual --...

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Video: Balenciaga's futuristic fashion runway at PFW SS19

Balenciaga | Spring Summer 2019 Full Fashion Show. Source: FF Channel, YouTube.

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Balenciaga's Paris show emerges from tunnel of trauma

For wunderkind designer Demna Gvasalia the search for glamour leads through his worst nightmares, with the Georgia-born creator projecting the trauma of his past onto Balenciaga's Paris fashion week show. Models -- in square-shouldered jackets and tight mini dresses -- walked through a curved mirrored tunnel of floor-to-ceiling LED screens in a...

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French luxury giants dive into Silicon Valley

Steve Jobs may have been a tech genius, but he clearly didn't care much for fashion. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has followed in his footsteps, sporting a plain grey T-shirt every day for years -- only to swap it for a simple black suit to testify before Congress and the European Parliament. But Silicon Valley, whose billionaires have long...

Retail

Balenciaga joins JD.com’s luxury platform, Toplife

Kering’s Balenciaga has joined JD.com’s luxury platform, Toplife. Launched in October 2017, Toplife is JD.com's response to Alibaba's Luxury Pavillion, released two months prior. Balenciaga is the third Kering-owned brand to join Toplife this year, following Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent. "Bringing Balenciaga to Toplife helps further...

Business |OPINION Featured

Is Kering becoming too dependent on Gucci?

Investors and market analysts love to make alarming predictions about the future of companies they invest in; most of the time to soften the blow of a unavoidable loss. What is causing them to worry at the moment? The success story of Kering's top performing label, Gucci. Some investors are becoming more and more nervous of Kering’s future as it...

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The price of ugly fashion

Fashion has gone ugly. And none more so than at Balenciaga. It’s colossal Triple S trainers, released in 2017, are an orthopaedic mishmash of three soles, so bulky they could be mistaken for shoe tractors. Similarly, its off-kilter silhouettes, normcore exaggerated proportions and big dose of East European street looks define a new era of luxury...