24-year-old Czech supermodel Hana Soukupova of IMG, who recently appeared in Vogue Germany by Paola Kudacki, is featured in an editorial entitled “Wall Flowers” shot by photographer Regan Cameron. Shot on the streets with graffiti covered walls, Hana is showcased in Marc Jacobs nylon silk jack and leather belt with silk organza shorts, Gucci canvas jacket and cotton top with black pants, Chloé viscoe-linen-and-cotton dress and buffalo-leather belt with leather-and-suede Phi boots, Balenciaga leather-and-polyester-jersey-organza top with leather pants, a Burberry Prorsum gabardine trench, an Alexander Wang lambskin jacket with detachable cotton linen elastane skirt, and Louis Vuitton cotton shirt and skirt with Bottega Veneta Raffia sandals. Although I really enjoy the ensembles, backdrops, and hair in this editorial, I feel that the eye makeup on Hana was too dark overall. In my opinion, the makeup artist should have either given Hana a fresh, natural look or smokier eyes with less black eyeliner.

From sequins and mega tall platforms to leather pants, V magazine’s ‘Shape’ issue brings us an editorial entitled “V Love U Just the Way U R” featuring 21-year-old Hungarian model Eniko Mihalik of Elite Model Management and 19-year-old French model Constance Jablonski also of Elite Model Management alongside 25-year-old Icelandic plus-size model Inga Eiriksdottir of Ford Models and model Elle King of IMG. The lovely ladies are showcased in pieces that match with black such as a black Dolce & Gabbana mesh bodysuit and dress, a glittered tan Louise Goldin bodysuit, Alexander McQueen’s ‘lobster’ heels in tan, a black coned bra dress by Jean Paul Gaultier, a floor-length black Salvatore Ferragamo evening gown, Balenciaga heels, and a black Dior leather jacket utilizing a plain, all white studio setting.

Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquière has combined sporty with futuristic bringing us the pre-fall 2010 collection. The collection features many architectural silhouettes and volume, French industrial designer Charlotte Perriand-inspired shoes, bright yellow, red, and green tights, opaque and sheer sections, and some darling space suit looking gloves. According to Style.com, all the pieces will be sold for under $100 each if you could believe that!

]]> http://fashionmodel.mtx5.com/2010/fashion/balenciaga-pre-fall-2010-collection/feed/ 0 http://fashionmodel.mtx5.com/2008/fashion/shoes/balenciaga-handbags-shoes/ http://fashionmodel.mtx5.com/2008/fashion/shoes/balenciaga-handbags-shoes/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:08:37 +0000 M http://fashionmodel.mtx5.com/?p=215 The Balenciaga line has really changedin the last 60 years. From the very classical to extremely futuristic in the clothing designs seen on the runways, however the handbags have kept a bit of the original styling, well, maybe. The balenciaga shoes, ahh, those are always very interesting if not always wearable. I love some of the Balenciaga shoes, even though I may be too scared to try to walk in many of them. Either way, Balenciaga always amazes and pushes into the areas of fashion that many other designers will not roam.

Here are a few of the items from the Balenciaga collection of shoes and handbags. Very colorful

Actually, the 2009 collection is not too far off of the 2008 collection which also saw a very futuristic look and tons of shiny fabrics. This is from the 2008 Balenciaga runway show.

I gotta say, I wonder who will be the first to go out on a limb and wear this not to the Star Trek convention, but rather, to a red carpet affair. I doubt anyone has the guts, but it would be way too cool if a celebrity got up the nerve to do so… a bottle of Jack with a Budweiser chaser may help to get them in the spirit.