Alexander Wang confirmed as Balenciaga’s new Creative Director

Writing of Cathy Horyn from the New York Times, that the main candidate for the position of the creative director at Balenciaga is Alexander Wang, is now confirmed WWD.

"Drama about Balenciaga and Alexander Wang continues, he seems to be the leading candidate who succeed to substitute the celebrity designer Nicolas Ghesquiere," Horyn wrote on Wednesday NYT's fashion blog 'On The Runway' and added that confirmation of Balenciaga's parent company PPR, could come to the public could as early as next week.

Although the Wang (28) was mentioned as a possible candidate for the job, the loudest speculation were that the job will get Christopher Kane, who has just left position of a creative director in Versace line Versus.

Alexander Wang         Telegraph.co.uk

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Nicolas Ghesquière left Balenciaga

Valentinewitmeur.com

As Balenciaga confirmed and the designer Nicolas Ghesquière himself, the high fashion brand will get a new creative director after 15 years. News has shaken the fashion world, which didn’t expect the change in leadership.
„Nicolas was one of the most exciting designers in a last decade,“ told the chief editor of Vogue UK, Alexandra Shulum. „He changed Balenciaga in the brand who is adored by fashion world and who made an impact on clothes we are wearing.“
Ghesquière tried to bring and open the brand to the new, wider public, which obviously won’t happen. His successor is not known yet, so we can only wait to see who will sit on the hot chair of this prestigious brand.

Read more:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/fashion-blog/2012/nov/06/nicolas-ghesquiere-quits-balenciaga