That we have to live with this monstrosity. This has to be the worst knockoff I’ve ever seen.

Would Nicolas Ghesquière Approve? via Frillr

I was reading the Buyers Report from WWD on the Fashion Spot and noticed that Barbara Atkin, vice president, fashion direction from Holt Renfrew talks about the collections from a retail perspective.

Milan

“Although Milan started as a somber season, it ended on a high note by offering a variety of beautiful and luxurious clothing with an infusion of newness. We saw a combination of the strict and subdued juxtaposed against a kaleidoscope of color, print and detail, all adding up to a decadent, luxurious bohemian style. We saw influences from the Seventies with long, lean silhouettes and covered-up clothes playing against the short and swinging. The ’separates’ dressing that had its roots in the Seventies is making a strong return. We will be looking for luxurious coats; cropped or shapely jackets with accented shoulders; soft, folkloric dresses, blouses and skirts; cardigans and sweater coats; skinny and cropped pants, and man-tailored suits. We will be slightly increasing our budget over last year, as we believe our customer will continue to come to us looking for the new. Our favorite collections out of Milan were Prada, Marni, Gucci, Roberto Cavalli, Jil Sander and Pucci.”

Paris

“Paris is the grand finale to the season, reconfirming its position as incubator of new ideas; from bold, confident power women at YSL, Akris and Balenciaga, to the soft romance of light, seasonless clothes in a kaleidoscope of prints and materials as seen at Dries Van Noten, Chloé, Jean Paul Gaultier and Nina Ricci. Key elements include strong-shouldered jackets, enveloping coats, easy knits, feminine dresses and blouses that will soften the masculine tailoring, and hemlines — whether long, short or asymmetric — that add newness. Paris is the city where we hunt for new names and this season we will buy Commuun, Sacai and To Long Nam. The collections we loved were YSL, Balenciaga, Akris, Dries Van Noten, Nina Ricci and Lanvin.”

Balenciaga RTW Spring Summer 2007 Video
I posted this previously, but it was to a bad youtube video. I’m hosting a much better version now.

Watch and see how the C3PO leggings should be worn.

Balenciaga Fall 2007 - 2008 Collection Video - no sound unfortunately

I thought the collection was a little all over the place. However, the fashion elite loved it. The clothes do look better on the video than in print.

video: frillr.com

The Balenciaga Lego shoes are $4,175USD at Neiman Marcus.

Not sure if Holt Renfrew will be carrying them.

via Frillr

You call it. Beyonce in Balenciaga Ya or Nay.

If Balenciaga is looking to go ghetto fabulous they might have succeeded.

Ugh, I’m a total Nay. I can see House of Crap knockoffs in the fall though.

EDIT: Video after the jump
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So Beyonce bought the CP30 leggings from the Spring Summer 2007. I’m curious to see this look, it’s going to be fugtastic. I can’t imagine her pulling it off, especially if she’s using some fug shirt made by her mom.

So do you think she can pull it off?

Terrence Koh struts around NYC in the Balenciaga leggings with video below. There are pictures of him getting ready, it seems like and intensive process.

More pictures at this link (look for entry - 2007-06-11 15:54:55 - MODEL CITIZENS DEATH IN BALENCIAGA)

Turns out the leggings weren’t $100,000 as previously hyped. but a mere $18,000.

I really like parts of the Balenciaga Fall 2007 collection, but it was all over the place. There were a lot of “in theory pieces” like the Jodhpurs. I don’t know what to think of the shoes though.


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Balenciaga S/S 07 Show from YouTube.com

Balenciaga S/S 07 collection from YouTube. The Balenciaga site also has video of the show but there is no sound, boo urns. F/W2006 fashion show video has sound thought.

Some of my favs from Balenciaga’s spring/summer 2007 season. These horrible pictures don’t do the clothing justice.

I think I’m like one of the only people who think the ScarJo Louis Vuitton ads suck. I guess she’s there so that people don’t realize that the bags are fug.

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Also, what kind of fashion victim buys those crazy Balenciaga shoes, one of the rich hobos that’s who. They were great for the runway show, but some things should be left there.

Gap Press has hit the newsstands. I don’t pay much attention to shows until the Gap Press books come out. I enjoy the experience much more with the magazines.

My favourite collections:

Balenciaga - I’m loving futurism shit. It’s all about the C3PO leggings, love them.
Alexander McQueen - Of course, he can do no wrong in my book
Christian Dior - JG took a step back this season and it’s amazing
Miu Miu - Loved the pallet and prints
Prada - Who cares if there were no pants
Comme Des Garcons - The jackets were so incredible
Dolce & Gabbana - I totally blew these guys off awhile ago. Boy was I wrong. The runway show was awesome too. God, that runway.

images: modeinfo.com, fashionroom.it