Nicolas Ghesquière Says Goodbye To Balenciaga

 

Balenciaga would not be the iconic fashion powerhouse we see today without it’s creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière. Or should I say former creative director as he announced yesterday that he was leaving the French label after 15 years.

The label had enjoyed a brief period of success in the 1960’s, with founder Cristóbal Balenciaga shutting it down in 1968, four years before his death. In 1986, the label was back and with a new ready-to-wear line. What followed were a string of average collections, not matching the brand’s earlier successes.

In 1995, at just 25 years of age, a self-taught Ghesquière was placed at the helm of Balenciaga. His arrival was a breath of fresh air for the label after with his innovative and unique take on minimalistic.

With his Fall 2005 collection, Ghesquière made Balenciaga profitable and brought the brand commercial success along with a celebrity following including Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of US Vogue.

The Frenchman transformed the luxury brand into the fastest-growing label within the Gucci Group in 2009 – at the tail-end of the Global Financial Crisis no less.

So the question lies: who will be next to head the luxury fashion label? Well whoever they are, they have some huge shoes to fill.

 

Image: Fashion Bomb Daily

 

23 Comments

  • Reply vikki18 Wednesday 27th March, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    good!

  • Reply BellaB Tuesday 11th December, 2012 at 10:53 am

    Finally, a post I can comment on!

  • Reply sonzie Thursday 8th November, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    aww..

  • Reply cadam Thursday 8th November, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    So inspirational

  • Reply romvar Thursday 8th November, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    Nicolas Ghesquière = sophistication!

  • Reply Whatthe Thursday 8th November, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Bye Nic! I wonder what he’s got up his sleeve for the future.

  • Reply lizzie77 Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    aww 🙁

  • Reply yslyenom Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 11:18 pm

    A lot of sad faces. This is from me 🙁

  • Reply jessicawheelock Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    Crazy!!

  • Reply AmberB Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 10:24 pm

    🙁

  • Reply leckytomato Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    awww

  • Tash Williams
    Reply Tash Williams Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 9:41 pm

    So sad 🙁

  • Reply Flutterly Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    awww

  • Reply MsKimo Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    Goodbye, ‘sir’, all the best to him!

  • hayley_shortie_22
    Reply hayley_shortie_22 Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    oh no 🙁

  • Reply Zerotolove Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    Sad news 🙁

  • DearMonet
    Reply DearMonet Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    🙁

  • Reply anitae Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    I know I loved Balenciaga b/c of him xx

  • Reply anatunkia Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 3:44 pm

    🙁

  • Reply vikki18 Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    nah

  • Reply jenniqua Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    I would say they are massive shoes to fill. Goodbye and goodluck to Nicolas.

  • make up magic
    Reply make up magic Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 11:54 am

    Some huge shoes to fill indeed

  • Reply T1NA Wednesday 7th November, 2012 at 9:52 am

    boo 🙁

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