The Parisian brand pushes the boundaries of creativity once again, offering a bag inspired by the most ordinary everyday life. At a lower price.
Don’t drop it again, the garbage bag with a rope makes its way to the dressing room. We are talking about a blue or black plastic model, which is designed to recover household waste. The house of Balenciaga, which knows how to get people talking about itself, took a lot of inspiration from this in its new collection of accessories. Here, his models are not made of polyethylene, but of calf leather, and are offered in American stores for $1,790 (about €1,750), which earned him headlines. Reactions on social networks are intense and many. “They’re really trying to make fun of consumers at this point,” one user wrote in a dedicated Instagram post, while another questioned “the idea of buying a trash bag because it says Balenciaga.”
Balenciaga’s 51st Couture Show
an everyday object
After selling €1,450 dress-up sneakers or even a chic reinterpretation of a blue Ikea shopping bag, the Parisian label led by artistic director Demna (who doesn’t want us to use his last name Gvasalya anymore) therefore continues to be fashion forward. digging. in everyday objects. “I really couldn’t pass up the opportunity to design the world’s most expensive garbage bag. Who doesn’t like scandals in fashion,” he said, not without irony, to a reporter. WWD: In March 2022, after the Fall-Winter 2022-2023 show.
The Georgian designer then dedicated his collection to the Ukrainian drama. At the Paris show, we could see models trudging painfully forward in the blizzard, their hair blowing in the wind, men and women, mostly carrying these large garbage bags in their hands. And at the same time entering the field of controversy.
Nicole Kidman at the Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2022-2023 show
Source: Le Figaro
