jackets. “Balenciaga himself was a master, and the archives of the clothes from that time are from a specific point of view,” Gvasalia said at the time. “My idea was to reinterpret and modernise it and see how we can work with traditional means of tailoring.”
In a statement released to mark the news of Balenciaga’s return to its haute couture roots, Gvasalia says: “Haute couture is the very foundation of this house, so it is my creative and visionary duty to bring couture back. For me, couture is an unexplored mode of creative freedom and a platform for innovation. It not only offers another spectrum of possibilities in dressmaking, it also brings the modern vision of Balenciaga back to its sources of origin.
Gvasalia orchestrated something of a viral social media moment at Balenciaga’s Spring/Summer 2020 ready-to-wear show in September of last year with a series of ball gowns that formed the collection’s final looks. The dresses were couture-like in their splendour and also referenced some of Cristóbal’s original couture shapes – possibly offering a glimpse of what might come in July with Gvasalia’s revived haute couture.
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