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Actress Nicole Kidman and celebrity Kim Kardashian this Wednesday walked the catwalk at Balenciaga, which presented its second haute couture collection in Paris with creative director Demna Gvasalia.
The parade was packed with celebrities such as singer Dua Lipa, top models Bella Hadid and Naomi Campbell, as well as Kardashian, one of the muses of Georgian Gvasalia, and Kidman, who surprised guests in a long draped dress with an all-metal train. , with a paper-like appearance at night.
Gloves, trouser boots and asymmetric dresses with trains completed this collection, which featured some voluminous designs inspired by Diego Velázquez’s meninas, such as Campbell’s black suit.
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Nicole Kidman’s dress caught the attention of netizens, who trended her name on Twitter, the memes about her dress’s design, which internet humor says resembles a tinfoil outfit, generated various memes.
As well as the fact that Kidman, 55, wore Balenciaga glasses that drew attention on Twitter.
about the collection
“This collection is more mine. It starts in the future and then sinks into the past, in the Infanta dresses that were the origin of the house founded in 1917 by the Spaniard Cristóbal Balenciaga,” said Gvasalia.
Balenciaga’s creative director tried to escape the heritage he highlighted in January in his first haute couture collection (the brand has focused on ready-to-wear creations since its relaunch) and delve deeper into his instincts.
“I wanted to look less and feel more,” added the renowned designer.
Many models also wore black masks covering the entire face, a common claim of anonymity at Balenciaga in Gvasalia, created in collaboration with Mercedes’ Formula One division.
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