Iwas curious who’d come to Pierpaolo Piccioli’s debut at Balenciaga — would we get the Demna regulars, the old Valentino ambassadors? Both? Sort of: We have a couple familiars from Balenciaga shows and Anne Hathaway loves Valentino. But no Kim Kardashian even though she’s in Paris, no Nicole Kidman (for obvious reasons), no Naomi Watts, no Lisa Rinna, no Salma Hayek, Michelle Yeoh, no Florence Pugh (from his Valentino days). Which could mean nothing, as the meme goes. Contracts are contracts, so they won’t change just because the boss does, but I do wonder if these job swaps are ever seen as a welcome chance to reset and start fresh with new muses.

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