Trendy Fashion News: Balenciaga Looses Ghesquiere and Amazon Wades into the Fashion Pool

The world of fashion is still reeling from the announcement of designer Nicolas Ghesquiere’s surprise departure from French fashion house Balenciaga.

The 41-year-old dominated the headlines on Monday and kept the social media universe on a alert as more deets poured in regarding the confirmed exit.

Since joining Balenciaga in 1997, Ghesquiere successfully resurrected the label after founder Cristobel Baleniciaga who died four years later had laid it to rest in 1968. By 1986 there was an interest to breathe life into the vision that the late Spanish couturier had brilliantly orchestrated. Ghesquiere brilliantly stepped up to the plate and flawlessly executed his role due to his innovatively artistic tendencies. And now after 15 years, this somewhat shocking but amicable split, leaves insiders wondering how this jagged edge will be smoothened.

In other news, Amazon.com has decided to take advantage of their growing popularity and dominating online presence by venturing full speed ahead into the hot zone – the fiery world of fashion.

Steps have already been taken to make this blueprint a reality; a 40,000-square foot loft has been commissioned in Williamsburg, a feverishly trendy section of Brooklyn, NY, to house a photography studio. The purpose is to create an artistic workspace that will consistently produce stylized images that will hopefully help add another dimension to the already booming e-retailer and garner Amazon a level of respect in a category that desperately needs their full attention.

New York seemed like the perfect fit and host given the reputation and influence the Big Apple still maintains in the fashion world, the city will also serve as an invaluable resource since Amazon also intends to populate their site with classified ads geared towards locals who make a living as photographers, makeup artists, stylists, and models.

Sounds like quite an undertaking – But Amazon is more than capable of delivering.