I don't know much about the new designer at Balenciaga and I can't say that the Spring/Summer 2017 collection was entirely my cup of tea (but of course maybe in 3 seasons when huge shoulders and the resulting triangular silhouette is everywhere I'll eat my words).
That said I did have a certain fondness for this weird latex-looking hooded cape. It reminded of a favourite French and Saunders sketch where a school girl, sponsored by Curly Wurly, sets out to sail single-handedly around the world and makes a video-diary but gets no further than the edges of Poole harbour. At the onset of some bad weather she is forced to do up her waterproof coat and when things clear up can't unfasten the hood. It's a classic.
French and Saunders were always ahead of their time. Maybe Demna Gvasalia is too.
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