{"id":42554,"date":"2021-12-09T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T03:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=206644"},"modified":"2021-12-09T07:08:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T07:08:10","slug":"balenciaga-pre-fall-2022","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/balenciaga-pre-fall-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Balenciaga Takes Us Back To The Late 90s Raver Scene For Pre-Fall 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-42554-1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Isabelle-Huppert.mp4?_=1\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/justin-bieber-becomes-official-balenciaga-model-in-new-instagram-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Balenciaga<\/a>&#8216;s pre-fall 2022 collection, creative director <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/balenciaga-haute-couture-autumn-winter-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demna<\/a> (the Georgian designer now prefers to be known mononymously in professional settings) sought out the nostalgic analogue era \u2013 or as he calls it, fashion&#8217;s forgotten years, which took place during the nu-grunge era in the late Nineties.<\/p>\n<p>While many designers delve into the archives of fashion houses to create self-referential collections, Demna discovered a relatively impassive period in Balenciaga&#8217;s history, when fashion visionary <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/nicolas-ghesquiere-louis-vuitton-dinner-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re<\/a> had yet to begin his inimitable tenure at the French house.<\/p>\n<p>He decided to &#8220;fill the gap&#8221; and reimagine what the designs of the day would look like, when creatives were staunchly anti-fashion, leading to monochromatic minimalism and deconstruction, which felt at home during the underground raver scene that permeated pop culture at the time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206658\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206658\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BALENCIAGA_FALL22_LOOK37_SUN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206659\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206659\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BALENCIAGA_FALL22_LOOK41_ANITA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Demna chose Harmony Korine to direct the show, titled <em>The Lost Tape<\/em>, to capture the gritty nature of the Nineties. Models strode down the runway \u2013 similar in setting to the illegal underground raves that were once staged in abandoned factories \u2013 in post-grunge silhouettes, with Balenciaga signature codes rendered modern for a repossession of the overlooked era.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206660\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206660\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BALENCIAGA_FALL22_LOOK47_STEPHANIE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206656\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206656\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BALENCIAGA_FALL22_BACKSTAGE-IMAGES_PRESS-KIT_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hair and makeup followed suit, with cyber goth black lipstick and Sharpie-style eyeliner haphazardly scrawled across the lids in a manner that characterized the era \u2013 simultaneously enthusiastic and yet entirely non-committal. The hair was slicked back or left loose, with a notable lack of adornment speaking to the &#8216;too cool to care&#8217; air that marked such a quietly hedonistic period.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206657\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206657\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BALENCIAGA_FALL22_BACKSTAGE-IMAGES_PRESS-KIT_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206661\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206661\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BALENCIAGA_FALL22_LOOK50_LEYLA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Black was the unifying current that ran through the collection, with deconstructed vintage slip dresses, mesh detailing, and five-pocket jeans cut up to create a three-piece silhouette, allowing the wearer to switch between a miniskirt, pants, or XL thigh-high boots.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206662\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206662\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BALENCIAGA_FALL22_LOOK53_TOMMY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The show also further solidified Balenciaga&#8217;s commitment to responsible production, with 89.6 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