BALENCIAGA WINTER 2023

The Story

Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, the Buffalo Bills’ Stefon Diggs, and designer Libbie Mugrabi sat front row at Balenciaga’s runway show at the Louvre. The invitation included a pattern of the house’s avant-garde black jacket with sleeves that go below the fingertips and pants with four legs - you read that right! The show’s minimalistic setting and monochromatic looks tied into creative director Demna Gvasalia’s powerful vision of emphasizing clothing shapes, volumes and silhouettes. Demna said, “In the last couple of months, I needed to seek shelter for my love affair with fashion, and I instinctively found it in the process of making clothes. It reminded me once again of its amazing power to make me feel happy and truly express myself. This is why fashion, to me, can no longer be seen as an entertainment, but rather as the art of making clothes.” Following the show there was a chic lunch at Le Voltaire hosted by Vira Capeci, the President of Americas for Balenciaga. Demna also invited us to a sneak peek of Paris Galliera’s new exhibit, “1997 Fashion Big Bang.” It shows groundbreaking designs from the titular year by all the top designers from Thierry Mugler to Tom Ford. The day concluded with a glamorous party at the George V. The following afternoon the brand offered a Re-See of the collection, where you could purchase the looks