excerpt: Balenciaga. Spring/Summer 2026 - Paris Fashion Week

 

"...A big ask, particularly in the world of conglomerate owned fashion houses, who look at share prices, rather than styles, as precursors to move a creative director along or keep them. So the key question in relation to Demna's 10 year run with Balenciaga, to be replaced by Piccioli's, as mentioned, modernist boxer shapes, is: Can he raise Demna's already high bar?

Piccioli appears to be looking to merge both a redefining and removing of Demna's imprint for his debut Spring/Summer 2026 collection, drawing it all right back to simplicity, with Piccioli's mod-esque touch, with only Demna's exaggerated sunglasses as the last remaining element to the Georgian designer legacy to Balenciaga..."

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(A.Glass 2025)

Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/10/valentino-springsummer-2026-paris.html