Who remembers that Nicolas Ghesquićre bcgan as a backroom boy at Balenciaga when the company name mcant virtually nothing?The career trajectory of the most innovativc Frcnch designer of his generation has long sińce placed the house at the apex of Parisian influence; his blend of high-tech, sci-fi thinking and hautc couture tcchnique is inimitablc (though many. many try). Hes herc with Kristcn Stewart, who wears Balenciaga constantly and is the face of its new fragrance, Florabotanica.
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The Balenciaga designer and the actress. in Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiere. Hair. Adir Abergel; makeup. Jillian Dempsey: grooming, Laura de Leon forCutler/Redken. Set design. Nick Des Jardins _ for Mary Howard Studio. Details. see In Thls Issue. Fashion Editor: Tabitha Simmons.