Paris Fashion Week: What luxury looks like in 2025?
With Kim Kardashian’s 250 carats of Lorraine Schwartz diamonds lighting up Demna’s farewell show for Balenciaga at Paris Fashion Week, one can’t help but ask: Is Kardashian truly the right fit for Balenciaga’s avant‑garde, boundary‑pushing legacy? Elsewhere at Paris Fashion Week, some brands veered so far into spectacle that they forgot the point of fashion altogether: Balenciaga’s “9 a.m.” calf‑skin coffee‑cup clutch ($6,000 on Lauren Sanchez) looked more like fast‑food packaging than couture Rick Owens sent models down the runway wearing inflatable latex “double‑D” prosthetics—prompting cries of “women’s bodies are not costumes” Live‑animal photo‑ops (Cardi B posing with a crow) and viral AI deep‑fakes (the $10 million Birkin […]