Designer Nicolas Ghesquière explained backstage that the show was inspired by an imaginary company, "Balenciaga Inc", “I had this idea about a Balenciaga firm done in a very cinematic way, with different characters with different functions, the executives, the technicals, legal, the researchers, all about how women dress for work.” "the space-age sweatshirt girls were the spies infiltrating the company".
Though his explanation for an outsider's point of view, Ghesquière's imaginary company, "Balenciaga Inc" dress-code collection was more suitable for a rock ’n’ roll women, with a parade of spongy, boxy jumpers, leopard-print metallic reliefs and intergalactic, retro arcade graphics, bustier-but-loose dresses, diaphanous silk skirts, leather edged at the hems, and crystal earrings.
The clue to the corporate dressing themes was in the setting, the look exquisitely tailored with white A-line skirts and shiny elasticated trousers recalled the uniforms of cleaning staff.
Fashion is all about fantasy. Here Ghesquière managed to take the mundane element of work and dress it up into a fantasy all of its very own
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Banana Republic is launching its second "Mad Men" collection with a runway show on an airplane at 35,000 feet, with Five fashion bloggers including Keiko Lynn, My Style Pill, Saucy Glossie, She Finds and The Gloss, along with the passengers of Flight 407 from JFK to LAX, will preview four looks from the new BR Mad Men collection.
The bloggers, as well as Banana Republic (@bananarepublic) and Virgin America (@VIRGINAMERICA), did live-tweet the show.
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The collection strongly inspiered by Sicilian Baroque started with - a lengthy series of black&gold, with capes ( whom is going to be 'the most important item' said the duo's on Twitter) and dresses, every surface was dipped in golden ecclesiastical embroidery.
Thickly embroidered coats, corsets and knickerbockers, elaborate black lace dresses, strict-yet-sexy Sicilian widow tailoring, lace pop socks boasted ribbons at the back and were worn with pointy booties that curled up at the toe.
On a lighter side, beautiful white laces and tulles were worked into dresses and blouses, petit-point florals and dark cherub prints added colors.
The models looked “something between princesses and virgins” as Stefano Gabbana called them with tiaras, hair ornaments, and dangly earrings and rich, opulent, romantic, deeply ornate dresses.
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