Confronting Ambiguity and Loss at Balenciaga

When attendees arrived at the Balenciaga show on Sunday morning, in a round, freezing, pitch-black room, we found a notecard on seats along with a T-shirt in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The note, written by creative director Demna, was an emotional reminder of the designer’s personal history and an invitation to consider the context and circumstances of the show. “The war in Ukraine has triggered the pain of a past trauma I have carried in me since 1993, when the same thing happened in my home country and I became a forever refugee,” he began. (Demna was born… Read Full Article