Pierpaolo Piccioli - Designer, Creative Director of Balenciaga

[YohjiAddict]

Balenciaga at its core is severe and avant-garde. Two qualities that aren’t anywhere to be found in Pierpaolo’s body of work. He was the “safe” choice because of the couture in his resumé but it’s a total mismatch when it comes to values.

His risqué collections at Valentino were nothing if not cringe, the one with stripper platforms and weird cutout tunics to name an example.

 

[FashionPower]

His Balenciaga show was the worst debut from the season, the most suitable word to describe the collection is: irrilevant. It's exactly what one would expect from a random designer having superficial knowledge of Balenciaga: some cocoon shape, some bow and voilà. Add random PPP Valentino's vibe and unwearable accessories to the mix and you get this crap of collection. Those newly designed bags do not look luxe / elevated at all and they're just...ugly. The revamped City bags are just coming from merchandise team autopilot mode.
If it wasn't for the Demna oversized bewejeled shades, one would have mistaken this show for a Valentino by PPP "Les rebelles" cringefest.
I hope they start showing co-ed from next season or get dedicated menswear show cause it's been like 6 months since PPP's appointment and we haven't seen anything menswear yet.

 

[Frederic01]

^^^ Yes, what happened to the menswear? Bizarre. So they won’t have any new runway menswear collections for one entire year? Just like Bottega Veneta. It makes me wonder if Kering is trying to slowly phase out menswear a la Givenchy and focus solely on womenswear? Hmmm….

 

[PDFSD]

^^^ Yes, what happened to the menswear? Bizarre. So they won’t have any new runway menswear collections for one entire year? Just like Bottega Veneta. It makes me wonder if Kering is trying to slowly phase out menswear a la Givenchy and focus solely on womenswear? Hmmm….

Givenchy just relaunched menswear under Sara burton in october
Sarah Burton’s Precise Vision for Givenchy Menswear
This story is taken from the Winter/Spring 2026 issue of Another Man, which is on sale internationally from October 30. Pre-order

 

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[Lola701]

Don’t make Law Roach take ARIVENCHY to ARIALENCIAGA.

 

[FashionPower]

The first decent look I see from PPP Balenciaga so far BUT...it looks like her Loewe MET Gala gown knock off!