Demna Gvasalia has done his haute couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 collection for Balenciaga. It had been a special blend of avant-garde design and deep thoughtfulness. In that sense, adhering to the personal tradition of struggling to find a balance between creativity and inner peace, the show opened with one guided meditation wherein guests were asked to find happiness through breathing and imagination. Demna’s most recent collection challenges couture standards by combining his unique materials with old Balenciaga components. Instead of traditional textiles such as gazar, he combined satin scuba with technology, outerwear, leather, denim, and tracksuits to create sculpted, innovative forms. Highlights included a black puffer with curved arms and witchy boots and a sculpted gray shirt worn with fading trousers that looked like a garment.
Demna’s rebellion against couture traditions is shown in this collection, which combines high fashion and streetwear elements. He underlined the importance of expanding the language of couture, saying, « It’s important to bring these textures into couture. » His approach pushes the boundaries of luxury and creates a striking statement that goes against the fashion industry’s emphasis on excess and exclusivity. This collection from Demna subtly challenges all norms, since it redefines the notion of luxury within the hint that luxury is going to be built from the future of fashion: a marriage between extravagance and the everyday. Alongside clothing, Balenciaga’s Fall/Winter 2024-2025 collection heralds an idea—the idea of luxury contemporaneity. The awareness taken by Demna joins to a unique take on style in his avant-garde haute couture.
