Balenciaga- Spring & Summer 2010

Nicolas Ghesquière has decided the world has quite enough cocktail wear to be getting along with. "I wanted to do something urban. No more history for the moment!" he said backstage at the Hôtel de Crillon, before sending out a collection that reclaimed the beat of street athleticism: the hoodie (done here as a highly structured paneled leather vest); skinny, vertically patchworked jeans; complex tanks; and sporty kilts.