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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

  • 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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