{"id":804,"date":"2017-06-08T22:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/?p=804"},"modified":"2017-06-15T15:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T20:44:55","slug":"balenciaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/2017\/06\/08\/balenciaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Balenciaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-820 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3299-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3299-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3299-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-821 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3372-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3372-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3372-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3372-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_3372-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I never really understood high fashion whenever I see it on TV or online in a video, but after this exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum, I finally got it. The Balenciaga exhibit at the V&amp;A highlighted Christobal Balenciaga&#8217;s designs; and being able to see fashion design in a different context \u2014 in an art exhibit \u2014 provides a different perspective to appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>What really struck me was the voluminous pink dress that really stood out from the rest of the black dresses in that section. I really want to just put it on and start playing around and flap the sleeves around. I was really inspired by how many people in the fashion design industry was inspired by Balenciaga and his design principles of using materials and simple shapes \u2014 and his boldness to design avant garde garments. I would definitely like to take the methods and concepts that fashion designers use in their sketches to apply it to mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never really understood high fashion whenever I see it on TV or online in a video, but after this exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum, I finally got it. The Balenciaga exhibit at the V&amp;A highlighted Christobal Balenciaga&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/2017\/06\/08\/balenciaga\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}