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    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Kering SA
      Kering sales hit by weaker Gucci performance in China and Balenciaga controversy

      Chief executive says luxury group’s sales have picked up since January

      Two women wearing masks walk past a Gucci store in Beijing
    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      John Gapper
      Balenciaga’s shock tactics look juvenile now

      The brand’s provocations have gone too far with an ad showing children holding teddy bears in bondage gear

      Kim Kardashian wears a Balenciaga outfit designed by Demna at the 2021 Met Gala
    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Fashion
      Balenciaga’s trashed trainers tap into fashion controversy

      Shredded, stained and graffitied, the £1,290 ‘Paris’ sneakers are just the latest example of style’s flirtation with destruction

    • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
      Lauren Indvik
      Is your wardrobe an untapped asset?

      Fashion brands are launching second-hand marketplaces, making it easier for customers to buy and sell past-season merchandise

    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      Fashion
      Low-rise jeans? No thanks

      They are unflattering, uncomfortable, and yet for today’s generation, the only good thing about the Y2K comeback

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      HTSI
      Balenciaga’s big rethink

      With a new show schedule and selling season, the Kering brand is one of a handful of fashion power players leading the charge for industry change

      Anita Pozzo wears laser-cut fake-fur jacket, £9,150. Technical-jersey trompe-l’oeil leggings, £450. Chevalier over-the-knee boots, £5,250. Far left: technical-ripstop Space parka, £3,850. All Balenciaga
    • Sunday, 3 March, 2019
      Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2019 shows
      Balenciaga’s brilliant ‘street’ wear looked like everything — and nothing — you’ve seen before

      Balenciaga and Hermès AW19 show reports

    • Sunday, 30 September, 2018
      FT SeriesWomenswear Spring/Summer 2019 shows
      How to stay in the present: Balenciaga SS19 show report

      Demna Gvasalia thinks he knows how to sell tailoring to millennials. Make it feel like a ‘tracksuit’ to wear

      Balenciaga SS19
    • Sunday, 4 March, 2018
      Life & Arts
      Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, Noir Kei Ninomiya, Junya Watanabe AW18 review: the theatre of fashion

      There have been many spectacles, but the best dramas in Paris are the ones starring the clothes

      Balenciaga Fall Winter 2018 Paris Fashion Week Copyright Catwalking.com 'One Time Only' Publication Editorial Use Only
    • Friday, 5 January, 2018
      Life & Arts
      Balenciaga’s billion-euro plan

      Creative director Demna Gvasalia and chief Cédric Charbit on the changing luxury landscape — and why the phone charger is the new ballgown

      Cedtric Charbit Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga with Jo Ellison PR provided
    • Sunday, 1 October, 2017
      Life & Arts
      Show me the money: why the best brands are banking on ideas

      A new-look SS18 Givenchy stuck to the basics, while Balenciaga and Céline were busy with innovation

      Balenciaga SS18: pushing innovation
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
      Life & Arts
      What’s wrong is right at Balenciaga

      Off-duty dads are the unlikely inspiration at Balenciaga, plus SS18 Paris menswear show report of Valentino

      Models at the Balenciaga menswear SS18 show
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2017
      Life & Arts
      King of couture: the genius of Cristóbal Balenciaga

      Diana Vreeland called him a ‘prophet’ but the designer’s legacy still languishes in the popular imagination. Now, a new show should change that

      Dovima with Sacha cloche and suit by Balenciaga, Paris, 1955
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Record sales at Gucci owner Kering see shares jump 11%

      Results reflect changing fortunes for luxury goods sector

      Pink and red leather GG Marmont matelasse luxury handbags stand on display in the window of the Gucci luxury goods boutique, operated by Kering SA, at the GUM department store on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Oct. 20, 2016. Russia agreed to return the value-added tax paid on luxury goods by foreign shoppers in the country from 2017. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      What luxury: Gucci owner’s shares jump 9% after smashing forecasts
    • Sunday, 5 March, 2017
      Life & Arts
      Demna Gvasalia reworks the house archives at Balenciaga

      The designer’s first couture offering brought a new urgency — and a touch of humour

      Models at the Balenciaga AW17 show
    • Friday, 27 January, 2017
      Life & Arts
      Paris Menswear AW17 report

      Shows from Dries Van Noten, Balenciaga and more provided a reality check with wearable clothes

      Dries Van Noten AW2017 Paris Menswear Fashion Week
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2017
      Life & Arts
      Balenciaga, Valentino AW17 show report: Paris menswear

      Do you miss Bernie Sanders? Next season, head to Balenciaga

      Balenciaga AW17
    • Sunday, 2 October, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Balenciaga SS17 show report: Paris Fashion Week

      With razor-sharp shoulders and spike-heeled spandex shoe boots — Demna Gvasalia takes the silhouette to the edge

      Balenciaga SS17
    • Friday, 22 July, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Fashion brands build museums as archives gain value

      Brands are creating valuable archives that show off their history

      Clothes from the Tom Ford era at the Gucci Museum
    • Friday, 11 March, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Lanvin appoint Bouchra Jarrar as creative director

      The French fashion house select an under-the-radar couturier to take the helm

      Bouchra Jarrar
    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Valentino AW16 show report Paris Fashion Week

      Pierpaolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri loosen things up at the house of romance

      Valentino AW16 show Paris Fashion Week
    • Sunday, 6 March, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Balenciaga AW16 show report Paris Fashion Week

      Couture shapes for the modern wardrobe? Demna Gvasalia had it uncovered . . . 

      Balenciaga AW16
    • Friday, 4 March, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Vetements AW16 show report Paris Fashion Week

      Take me to church: Vetements’ holy orders

      Models on the catwalk for Vetements AW16
    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Maison Margiela AW16 show report Paris Fashion Week

      So many empty chairs, so few designers — the intrigue continues as Margiela kicks off the season’s final week

      Maison Margiela AW16 show in Paris
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