Balenciaga is known as the big priced and even bigger named fashion company, with Nicolas Ghesquière as creative director. Well, today is Nicolas Ghesquière’s last day and taking his place will be none other than, Alexander Wang. Wang has been in the fashion game for some time now. A couple months ago, Wang had released the Men’s 2012 Fall line commercial with A$AP Rocky in it. This guy’s touched bases with a lot of genres. Respect! Drop down bottom for more.
The choice of Wang suggests Balenciaga might wish to dial down the elitist, couture-like approach of Ghesquière, and open up to a broader audience with a designer prized for his sportswear approach and youthful energy.
“Although we are an American brand, I think that is more to the sense of what is American sportswear, and things that feel very accessible and easy to wear,” Wang said in an interview earlier this year. “But at the same time we really see our audience and our consumer as a global citizen, someone who isn’t defined by where they live or what kind of music they listen to, things like that. It’s a sensibility that is much more individual.”
