Paris —
When guests arrived for the Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week on Saturday evening, several found themselves on familiar ground: a chapel built during the reign of the former French King Louis XIII, which is part of the historic Laennec headquarters of Balenciaga’s owner, Kering. After all, it was only three months ago that a retrospective for the brand’s former designer, Demna (now at Gucci), took place here.
For Pierpaolo Piccioli, the creative director of the Paris-based luxury house as of July, it was important to acknowledge those who had come before him — and to return to the site that honored his predecessor’s achievements marked a full circle of sorts that made him comfortable to move forward, he told editors backstage after the show. It’s a gesture that encapsulates the kind of designer that Piccioli, who relocated to Paris from Rome for the job, has become known for: compassionate, humanist and kind.
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