The effect from the Resort 2013 period still lingers around me.
Not necessarily a bad thing but it has left me in a new state of mind with
brand new eyesight. Unfortunately not the brand new eyesight that you don’t
need to wear glasses no more but more in the direction of; personal taste, mood
and vision in art and fashion. Never did I think a series of collections that
aren’t even apart of fashion week but in fact a small period used as the
transition between the two major seasons, would heavily influence and also
change my outlook in fashion. None of this really came to my attention until
today and I began to look back at the three previous posts and saw the same
recurring theme; minimalism. Maybe not exactly the minimalism clothing styles
that are produced in collections we see but a recurring idea of isolation,
clean and crisp with a sense of innocence and pureness. However contrast that
with cold sculptured imagery that can almost be quite eerie yet strangely
romantic. It’s a whole new mood that lies within me and coming home from work
to this treat from Balenciaga, it felt like it hit the final part to this
story. Steven Meisel takes charge for this dreamy campaign video for their
Resort 2013 collection. Models such as; Kremi Otashliyska, Caroline Brach
Nielsen, Julia Nobis, Lyia Kebede, Suvi Koponen, Marte Mei Van Haaster, Meghan
Collison and Liu Wen walk through the dusty and rubble filled setting, dressed
in Ghesquière's poetic and graceful ballet inspired clothing. It’s beautiful to
watch and I can’t help myself but replay it over and over again as I finally
find the missing part to feed this current mood. The fifty one second video
embodies everything that I personally believe, what makes up minimalism to be
what it is and if that’s not enough then you surely can’t complain about the
collection! You can check out Balenciaga’s full Resort 2013 collection
here.
