photos: style.com
Balenciaga SS12. It's haute couture meets street, urban with a super-radical high fashion twist. Spongy, sculptural, jackets and tops are colour-blocked to graphic effect - their generous proportions balanced by skin-tight micro sports shorts. Future-forward v-neck tunic dresses look fresh in a mix of pastel and metallic tones while tailoring is precision cut - with strong shoulders and sharp lines, there is something purist and utterly modern about each piece. Meanwhile, the patchwork dresses, skirts and jackets - a blend of archival prints, matte and wet-look fabrics - are all about extreme cut.
