A Review of Balenciaga's Pre-Fall 2023 Collection by Eleonora de Gray, Editor-in-Chief of RUNWAY MAGAZINE.

Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2023. Reviewed by Eleonora de Gray, Editor-in-Chief of RUNWAY MAGAZINE. Photo courtesy: Balenciaga.

Every Balenciaga story by Demna Gvasalia should start something like this: “Once I was sitting on the toilet, and then something happened…”

And everything that came out or came out was quickly hit stores, like this Pre-Fall 2023 collection. , it was released today, the same day this collection dropped in stores according to the press release.

We can therefore clearly notice that these pieces are very fossilized, like the one that Demna Gvasalia held in her hand during her participation in the Met Gala 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Why not hold a sneaker from Pre-Fall 2023? Could be cool and wear pajamas especially for prom. Next to Demna we see former Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele. Sad image… very sad…

Pre-Fall 2023 shows nothing new: the same long coats, jeans and dirty bags. Contemporary? I do not think so.