The Balenciaga Toe

October 20, 2020

Balenciaga collaborates with Italian footwear brand Vibram to create the Balenciaga Toe. Vibram is known for its FiveFingers shoes, which fit a flexible sole onto the foot, separating each toe and allowing for better tactical efficiency.

The Balenciaga Toe consists of two limited-edition sneaker styles and a high-heeled style, each made sustainably from recycled knits. The Balenciaga Toe Sock, available in carmine red or black, and the Balenciaga Toe Lace Up, available in black, rest on a heavy-duty suspension heel. The Balenciaga Heeled Toe, available in neon pink or black, features a sculpted block heel. Each Balenciaga Toe is fitted with a five-toed foam insole and hugs the foot to provide support. The collaborations are stamped with signature Vibram and Balenciaga logos along the edge of the foot right above the fivefingers.

Text by Jacorey Moon
Photos Courtesy of Balenciaga

A limited number of Balenciaga Toe pairs will be available via Balenciaga.com, Balenciaga.cn, Farfetch.com, Tmall.com, and selected stores.

Fashion

Max Richter x Maison Margiela

March 12, 2026

Maison Margiela released their Spring/Summer 2026 campaign featuring Max Richter , a contemporary composer and pianist, alongside an orchestra of 43 young musicians from the Orchestre à l’École association. The campaign includes a series of images and a short film titled Joy, released alongside the collection’s arrival in stores and online.

Playfulness and the unexpectedness are central to the film. The orchestra gathers in what first appears to be a regular empty concert venue. As the film progresses, the auditorium slowly transforms into a playground, with a climbing frame placed in front of the seats, a swing hanging in the space, and even a slide running down the aisle. This transformation creates a sense of spontaneity and energy, reflecting the joy of making music together.

The film highlights the idea of collective creativity, as the young musicians perform alongside Richter while the space around them becomes more playful and dynamic. Through this setting, the campaign blends classical music with unexpected visual elements, creating a unique and engaging way to present the collection.

Film and photo by Thibaut Grevet
Words by Mya West

”Joy celebrates the potential of collective creativity, playing music together allows us to understand one another in a unique way and to communicate a shared vision that elevates and transforms us. I loved working with Orchestre à l’École association and Maison Margiela to bring this vision to life.” - Max Richterre

Fashion

Enfants Riches Déprimés: Défilé

March 11, 2026

A secret clergy speaks. Gunshots ring out. Order is understood instantly through its somber command.

The Enfants Riches Déprimés Automne/Hiver 2026 collection spectrifies the silhouettes of propaganda - subjectivity made ambiguous enough to fracture the certainty of history. The show unfolds in a French courtyard, the purity of snow trampled, rectangular seating oriented toward a bronzed figure of a highly decorated official - impaled in his back. At its base: a pallid female form, positioned as though picked up, dropped, picked up, then dropped again, chained in devotion, despite the atrocities associated with his regime. Russian mink, sterling silver evening clutches, custom striping and architectural wool frames. Henri Alexander Levy rearranges history increasing in physical density, visual severity, and perceptual impact. Neckties cinch the throat - each visual asymmetry meticulously designed. Sleeve linings expose their interior construction. Garments express their function as cultural tourniquet - cinched, buckled, strapped, buttoned with clerical precision.

The tailoring commands passively, architecturally in its cold departure. There is grief present in the womenswear, though these figures may be its courier rather than its recipient.

Historical messaging arrives at angles that asphyxiate.