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Balenciaga appoints Demna Gvasalia as creative director

Balenciaga’s new artistic director and successor to Alexander Wang is to be Demna Gvasalia, founder of Parisian label Vetements.

Oct 08, 2015 | By AFPRelaxnews

Demna Gvasalia

Balenciaga’s new artistic director and successor to Alexander Wang is to be Demna Gvasalia, founder of Parisian label Vetements.

The 34-year-old will make his debut with the fashion house in March at the women’s ready-to-wear show, and continue with his own line.

Gvasalia replaces Wang, who presented his final collection for Balenciaga Oct. 2. Wang will be focusing on his own label.

Born in Georgia, Gvasalia studied international economics before moving into fashion. Before founding his own line, he worked at Maison Margiela and Louis Vuitton. Vetements (the French word for clothes), is a casual line featuring jeans, hoodies, T-shirts and bomber jackets


 
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