Overview

• The fall 2025 couture presentation in Paris showcased predominantly black-and-white ensembles inspired by bourgeois dress codes and drew front-row stars such as Nicole Kidman, Michelle Yeoh and Naomi Campbell.
• Kim Kardashian made an unannounced appearance on the runway wearing a form-fitting ivory slip dress, a feathered coat and Elizabeth Taylor’s diamond pendant earrings on loan from jeweler Lorraine Schwartz.
• In the days before the finale, Kardashian paid homage to Demna’s signature pantaboots by sporting them in multiple hues, including a hot pink look during her July 8 visit to Balenciaga’s Paris headquarters.
• Pierpaolo Piccioli will take over as Balenciaga’s creative director in October, and Demna is set to assume the role of artistic director at Gucci later this month.
• Since debuting the pantaboot in spring 2017, Demna drove viral hits—from Crocs collaborations to Frakta bags—and lifted Balenciaga’s annual sales from about $350 million to roughly $2 billion.