Demna Gvasalia was appointed today new creative director at “Balenciaga” and replaced Alexander Wang!
Demna Gvasalia is from Georgia and he gratuated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 2006.
Demna designed for “Maison Martin Margiela” from 2009 until 2012 and from 2012 to 2014 he worked as head designer for “Louis Vuitton” womenswear.
His label “Vetements ” launched in 2014. “Vetements” is a design collective comprising Demna, his brother Guram and five other friends. The philosophy is urban, everyday clothing inpsired by the internet and the street style, without seasonal themes.
source: vogue.co.uk