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Pierpaolo Piccioli Brings His Couture Expertise To Balenciaga<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Including plenty of pink, obviously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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by Brooke Frischer<\/a><\/address>\n
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On Wednesday morning in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, Pierpaolo Piccioli<\/a> presented his first-ever couture collection<\/a> for Balenciaga since joining the house as creative director in May 2025. Set on a dramatic staircase bordered by lush, regal-like landscaping at the Cit\u00e9 Internationale Universitaire de Paris, the designer set out to embrace Balenciaga\u2019s \u201cprinciples,\u201d as described in the show\u2019s notes.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouture as information \u2014\u00a0a manner of creation that may orientate both the actions and reactions of a house,\u201d Piccioli wrote. \u201cA territory for experimentation and engineering, it can be a prism through which to witness both the current moment, and the identity of Balenciaga. A fundamentalism \u2014\u00a0couture here is once again placed at the center of the house\u2019s meaning, shaping its being.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before his current role at Balenciaga<\/a>, Piccioli, of course, led Valentino<\/a>\u2019s design team from 2008 to 2024 \u2014 initially sharing the responsibility with Maria Grazia Chiuri<\/a> until 2016. There, he churned out 15 haute couture collections, seven of which he was the sole creative director. Remnants of his most beloved (and viral) couture looks can be seen in his new work for Balenciaga, such as his signature splashes of vivid pink. A variety of rosy hues were sprinkled throughout the collection\u2019s entirety, in both blink-and-you-might-miss-it details and full monochromatic ensembles.<\/p>\n

There are also lots of ostrich feather embellishments \u2014 a technique he\u2019s historically embraced, particularly for Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2023<\/a> and Fall 2022<\/a>. In the past, vibrant, spherical headpieces acted as a cage around models\u2019 heads; elongated neon-dyed quills completed oversized sunglasses; and tightly combined bunches of bright pluckings made for long dusters and cropped boleros. For the Balenciaga-ified version, Piccioli reimagined the material as the fringe of lime green wool coats, in a thneed-like baby pink gown, and in an extra-large, egg-shaped garment with no sleeves \u2014 as modeled by Gigi Hadid. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe achievement of impossibilities. Feathers are a metaphor \u2014\u00a0weightless, delicate, yet with tensile strength,\u201d Piccioli continued in his notes. \u201cEmbroideries become structural, integral. A collaboration with Philip Treacy results in sculptural forms in feather that question the boundaries between millinery and garment.\u201d<\/p>\n

To a stripped-down, acoustic rendition of Selena\u2019s 1995 track \u201cI Could Fall In Love,\u201d more standout looks emerged on the runway, including entirely sheer chiffon hooded dresses with white fluffy bustles, sporty takes on turquoise turtlenecks paired with high-low maxi skirts, blazers coupled with voluminous ballgowns, and straight-cut jumpsuits with dramatic plunging necklines.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory is past, there is no rigid translation \u2014 yet all reflects the ideology of Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga, resonates with his meaning,\u201d the notes read. \u201cA reconsideration of the body, its form, its rapport with a garment. A fundamentalism, an echo of belief systems, rather than superficiality … Balenciaga\u2019s obsession with three-dimensionalities, with couture as true sculpture, results in forms that must be viewed in 360-degrees to be truly understood.\u201d <\/p>\n

Below, see more highlights from Balenciaga\u2019s 55th Couture Collection.<\/p>\n

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