The Dream of the ’90s Is Alive at Balenciaga

The ’90s have been “back” in fashion for years now, but all these nostalgic romps with workwear and sportswear and tie-dye are a pale imitation of the real thing. There’s an essential cultural element, a sensibility, that’s been missing. If you’ve seen Robert Altman’s Pret-a-Porter, Douglas Keeve’s Isaac Mizrahi dreamcloud Unzipped, or looked at runway images of Helmut Lang or Martin Margiela shows from that period, you probably know what I’m talking about. It’s fashion not as something at the level of football or hip-hop but as subculture, with a pantheon of personalities unknown to the rest of the world…. Read Full Article