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Demna haș spoken out at length, and with great candor, about what the future of Balenciaga may look like following last year’s controversies. As readers will recall, the controversies in questions were related to two separate campaigns from the brand, specifically its Gift Shop and Spring 2023 rollouts. The former, as argued by conservatives-led criticism, featured […]

In a new interview with French outlet Clique TV, Kanye West spoke about how he felt after Virgil Abloh was appointed artistic director of Louis Vuitton men’s branch. “No one knows I’d been offered the deal by Bernard Arnault,” Ye said at the 12:35 mark of the interview, revealing that the co-founder of Louis Vuitton initially […]

The artist formerly known as Kanye West says it “warmed [his] heart” to notice Drake had liked one of his recent Instagram posts, which have been the subject of continual news coverage this week. “Everyone knows me and Drake have had a rivalry in the past,” Ye, whose YZY SZN 9 presentation in Paris this […]

Kanye West made his runway debut at Paris Fashion Week on Sunday, opening Balenciaga’s Summer 2023 collection show with a scene-stealing catwalk. Dressed in all-black, Ye walked the mud-filled runway in leather pants, a puffy jacket that featured a “security” patch, and a baseball cap.  As noted by TMZ, Balenciaga’s creative director Denma explained the mud as “a metaphor for […]

October is just days away and the first week of fall has already kicked in. Now that it’s getting chillier, it’s about time to refresh your closet for the changing season. Thankfully, there’s a number of great style releases to peruse from this week.  Alongside its Fall 2022 range of graphic T-shirts, Supreme is set […]

For the final entry in its two-year series of charity-focused collaborations, Sky High Farm Workwear has enlisted Balenciaga for a collection of customized archival pieces. Proceeds from the sales of the collection, which includes two reversible silhouettes in vintage black and stonewash white colorways, will be put toward the independent 501(C)(3) Sky High Farm. The […]

Against a backdrop of simulated weather, and under a thematic cloud of intentionally aligned opposites, Balenciaga’s Winter 22 campaign images—released Wednesday—mark an extension of the experience of seeing the pieces’ original unveiling. Under the eye of photographer Daniel Rocheě, models are seen enlivening various pieces from the collection, ranging from the Crush Bag to the […]

Ye has spoken out about the recent wave of comments surrounding the in-store presentation of Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga. As you may have seen on social media in recent days, despite the fact that such in-store displays have been available to see in person at Gap locations for nearly a month now, some had taken […]

The next chapter of the Yeezy Gap era is a uniquely immersive and fittingly expansive one, with a Times Square flagship takeover signaling a first for the ongoing creative project headed by the artist formerly known as Kanye West. As announced on Wednesday, Yeezy Gap product will be available for the first time at Gap stores, starting […]

Kim Kardashian, Dua Lipa, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Campbell, Christine Quinn, and Bella Hadid were among the familiar faces seen walking in Balenciaga’s presentation of the luxury house’s 51st couture collection in Paris. The presentation—soundtracked by BFRND and Gustave Rudman’s “Love in E Minor,” performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra—began with eight looks comprised of high-quality […]