The fashion moment. To most people, it’s a largely meaningless, hyperbolic term. But to fashion people (that designation, too, likely rings pretentious/silly to those who don’t self-identify as such) the fashion moment is real, powerful, and even visceral.
It can be a time period—the 90s. It can be a school of fashion—street, grunge, deconstruction. Or a single show—the July couture debut of Balenciaga’s Demna (he formally dropped his surname, Gvasalia, at the end of 2021) and his most recent ready-to-wear collection, shown in Paris last week. Or it can be a designer, the person and the work, over a span of time. Currently, Demna and his output since joining Balenciaga double-qualify.
