Like a lot of the new editions we’ve seen, Balenciaga’s spring/summer 2026 show claims to contain odes to iterations past. I’m not as familiar with what they call the house codes, or the telltale hallmarks of designers past, but you’ll be pleased to note that only one thing is even remotely sheer — a surprise to me given how much Pierpaolo Piccioli himself liked to do that at Valentino. Otherwise, he didn’t really clear the decks. There is some volume, some floof, some pops of color; it’s a bit zingier, but not entirely unfamiliar. A line in transition… but with some sleep masks thrown in, because we still need SOME vexation, after all.

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