At the risk of alienating Sinophiles, who often have little taste for fashion, 2001, a space odysseyKubrick’s masterpiece is to science fiction what this Balenciaga show is to haute couture: dark, poetic, extraordinary, indecipherable, traditional and radical, both familiar and experimental. Except that the director anchors the first scene of Australopithecine prehistory to project himself into space millions of years later, when Demna, the designer, presents his collection in full futuristic ensembles and ends with taffeta ball gowns that link him to Cristobal Balenciaga. with. and the previous century.
An analogy can be drawn between these two works and these two personalities for whom music is a component of the visual experience. The soundtrack could be named Thus said Demnasince the first models equipped with aluminum bags (in fact, the connected speakers were developed with Bang & Olufsen)…
Source: Le Figaro
