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Retrospective: Kering celebrates Demna Gvasalia’s fashion creations for Balenciaga

The ‘Balenciaga by Demna’ exhibition was held at Kering. Open until July 9, 2025, it traced Gvasalia’s journey as creative director of Balenciaga, from 2015 to 2025. The cross-shaped installation had a religious feel. It began with a photocopy of the first email exchange between Balenciaga and Gvasalia, in which the brand stated it was not...

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Video: Balenciaga FW22 collection at Paris Fashion Week

In this video, fashion label Balenciaga has presented its FW22 collection at Paris Fashion Week (PFW). Watch the video below. Video: Balenciaga via YouTube Photo credit: Image via Balenciaga on YouTube

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Podcast: Gucci and Balenciaga on The Hacker Project

In this episode of the Gucci podcast, Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele and Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia have discussed their recent collaboration on The Hacker project. Listen to the podcast below. Source: Gucci Podcast via Spotify Photo credit: Image: Gucci Podcast via SoundCloud

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Post-lockdown innovation dominates Paris fashion week SS22

Paris Fashion Week wraps up Tuesday after nine days of innovative experiments that showed how the industry is embracing technology and new approaches for a post-pandemic future. While many fashion houses stuck to online presentations, the biggest names such as Dior, Balenciaga and Stella McCartney -- even Yves Saint Laurent, which had been first...

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Podcast: Balenciaga presents The Hacker Project

Spanish luxury fashion house Balenciaga has released its new podcast entitled The Hacker Project. In this episode, there is a conversation between Balenciaga's creative director Demna Gvasalia and Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele, led by fashion journalist Alexander Fury. Listen to the podcast below. Source: Balenciaga Podcast via...

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Balenciaga names new chief marketing officer

Ludivine Pont has been named chief marketing officer of Balenciaga. This is the first time the brand has had this type of role. Pont will be reporting to Cédric Charbit, Balenciaga’s CEO. In her new role she will oversee marketing and communications for the Kering-owned fashion house. Balenciaga is one of the crown jewels of Kering’s portfolio,...

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Video: Balenciaga's 50th haute couture collection

In this video, Spanish luxury fashion house Balenciaga has debuted its first haute couture collection in 53 years under current artistic director Demna. Watch the video below. Video: Balenciaga via YouTube

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Balenciaga teams up with Ru Paul for Apple Music playlist

Balenciaga has partnered with drag superstar Ru Paul on a curated playlist and merchandise. The collaboration follows Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia’s lockdown playlist on Apple Music and its first curated list in partnership with Rammstein. In addition to the playlist a capsule range of music merchandise has also been released. The...

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Get ready for stiletto Crocs, courtesy of Balenciaga

What do you get when you cross a stiletto with a plastic, orthopaedic comfort shoe? Balenciaga x Crocs of course! The latest fashion crossbreed of brands, once polar opposites on the style scale, have amalgamated into one of the summer’s most talked-about, if contrived, shoe hybrids. And it is not even available yet. Launching for Spring 2022,...

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Video: Balenciaga SS22 collection

In this video, Spanish luxury fashion house Balenciaga has presented its SS22 collection entitled 'Clones'. Watch the video below. Video: Balenciaga via YouTube

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5 Brands launching Pride Collections with a Difference

June is the month of Pride and some brands are doing more than lip service and making inclusivity a priority. For the past several years, a plethora of brands from high street to sportswear to luxury, have unveiled collections and collaborations that directly benefit the LGBTQIA+ community, either through awareness or donating to relevant...

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Spring summer 2022 shoe trend: The slide on mule

When Bottega Veneta launched its leather stack mule shoe last year, a robust platform slider exuding comfort in all its largesse, it was always going to spark a category trend. Fast forward to the spring 2022 collections and the mule is here to stay, specifically of the slip-on variety, with enough high street iterations available to keep buyers...