Under the exclusive creative director and iconoclastic DemnaBalenciaga introduced the collection in Paris, through a video game and inside The Simpsons Universe. But until Sunday, Demna had yet to host a runway show in the US, where some of his earliest, most enthusiastic and most famous customers reside.
That’s why on Sunday morning, Ye — who is known as clean the whole store Balenciaga garments in one go — walking past the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, taking part in the brand’s spring 23 show.
Demna, who wanted his first Balenciaga gig to take place at an iconic New York venue, has had a somewhat odd sense of time lately: his presentations, more recently leaning towards the feeling of severe astigmatism, there was a strange way of combining the vibe of current events. His long-planned fall 22 outing, where blanket models simulate walking in a biblical blizzard, feels all the more poignant against the backdrop of the Ukraine war and the refugee crisis in Europe that followed.
Similarly, it’s sad that Demna puts on a gig in the heart of Wall Street during a time of potential stock market downturn, even though this is technically a coincidence. “What are the iconic places we thought about in New York?” Demna explained to a group of journalists after the show. Central Park doesn’t work well, so they look like downtown. “I’m too busy wearing coats and coats” to read stock market news, he said. However, as Demna often points out, fashion’s job is to reflect the world back to us. And he has a better understanding of how, when, and where to do it than about any other designer working today.
(Less coincidence: Balenciaga will start accepting crypto payments starting next month, according to a This week’s reportalthough Demna admits he doesn’t own any and doesn’t understand it.)
