Balenciaga Is Back at It
It was a pretty normal and uneventful morning for me, waking up with the expectation of heading to work. On my walk across the Quad, I scrolled through my Newsfeed, attempting to crack the mysterious building memes that flooded Facebook when I came across a heinously large foot yet tiny ankle, with unspeakably amateur photoshopping. I looked up to the account, the owner of this laughable image that attempts to meld gauche with Parisian aesthetic. And of course, who else would it be, besides Balenciaga.
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Above, you'll see the disaster art that for some reason, no one is talking about. Some speculate that the account was hacked, others blame it on the ever-degrading quality of the brand's new releases.
I, for one, think an explanation would be nice. Is this the future of fashion? A distortion of reality so obvious we can't take it seriously, added onto the inherent laugh factor of Crocs?
At least it directed my attention to the Fall Winter 18 Collection that was conveniently located right under that picture.
Neon, velvet ski-trip inspired by Macklemore's Thrift Shop is essentially what I pulled from the video. Do I like it? Barring the outfit the man in the pink turtleneck was donning (by the way, who looks sadder than the Econ-Statistics double majors at this school), I think Balenciaga is taking over this niche of absurdity and vibrance to the next level. For that as well as taking the Crocs away, I can applaud them. As for the photoshop and Facebook posts, do better.
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