Bulldozer boots have a chunky, platformed outsole. The Sabot Heel takes its shape from the traditional clog of the same name. Essex boots, buckled at the ankle, appear deceivingly precarious due to a protruding heel and metal stiletto. The Balenciaga Toe heels introduced one year ago are recreated in soft leather. Hoodies, hooded T-shirts, and caps are emblazoned with the Incredible Hulk, college sweatshirt-style prints, as well as artworks celebrating Gay Pride. Tracksuits are seen in traditional nylon but also reimagined in fleece, fused with knit pullovers, and transformed into hoodies and long cinched coats.
Trompe l’oeil jean visuals are printed on stretch velvet and jersey molleton fabrics, while sweatpants are pre-stretched at the knees to obtain a worn-out look. A quilted black wedding dress-inspired coat is decorated with rose patterns, lace, and ribbons that tie around puffy sleeves and a tall, stiff collar.įluid dresses are disproportionally stretched in width, creating slouchy and comfortable one-size-fits-all garments.ĭenim skirts turn into shorts in the back. This is seen as well in retro feminine floral-printed puff-sleeved dresses that are transformed into trench, nylon, and leather coats, keeping the visual of a dress but obtaining a completely new function. Nineties tracksuits have inspired different types of outerwear, from padded coats and parkas to fleece jackets, creating a new trompe l’oeil effect. Various padded evening stolas are made in fabrics that match coats, jackets, and even hoodies, creating elegant and comfortable silhouettes.
The collar of a cashmere coat is a tasseled scarf, which can circle the neck or drape over the head. A stencil stamp that reads Balenciaga Apparel Rentals accentuates a suit or tuxedo’s timelessness, insinuating it be used forever, by multiple wearers, for any occasion. Tailoring is intentionally creased and large fitting, made in satin, viscose gabardine, linen, crushed nylon, and cotton. The largely unisex offering relies on relaxed fits and easy-to-wear pieces. 90.6% of plain and printed fabrics are certified sustainable. Using visuals and sounds that have been scientifically proven to instill joy in most people, the montage pieces together clips and effects in a way that aims to cleanse the everyday digital palette and make almost anyone feel good.Ī complete wardrobe, Winter 21 rethinks traditions of casual and formalwear, inverting intentions to create new categories. The video features no products or advertising, created solely to evoke a positive emotion. Launching in tandem with the Winter 21 look book is a “Feel Good Video” made in collaboration with Kamilya Kuspanova and Anton Bialas, artists that often layer found and original footage, and with Heejoon Kwak, a designer interested in the physical and mental effects of sound. In these images, the collection goes around the world, anticipating a return to the possibility of global travel.
A look book, photographed by Patrick Welde against blank backgrounds, imagines each model, posing in front of an iconic tourist attraction that is added in post-production. Winter 21 is a Pre-Collection, introduced in 58 looks.