Find here a cherry-picked selection of ten images from betwixt our very pages, all featuring clothing from the house of Balenciaga. Can you tell that we are VERY EXCITED for the V&A’s latest exhibition, Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion, opening today? Well we are. So in, celebration we mined our bulging archive for the following, which was a bit like looking back over a family photo album. If your family was made up entirely of models with a penchant for high-class clothing…
Issue 23, Summer 2007
 Michaela K wears Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiére
 Photographer: Mariano Vivanco
 Fashion Editor: Nicola Formichetti
 Hair: Peter Gray
 Make-up: Ayami Nishimura
Issue 25, Winter 2007
 Ali Michael wears Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiére
 Photographer: Sofia & Mauro
 Fashion Editor: Hector Castro
 Hair: Romina Maneti
 Make-up: Lloyd Simmons
Issue 34, Spring Summer 2010
 Kendra Spears wears Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiére
 Photographer: Knoepfel & Indlekofer
 Fashion Editor: David Vandewal
 Hair: Rita Marmor
 Make-up: Peter Philips
 
Issue 45, Spring Summer 2012/13
 Aline Weber wears Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiére
 Photographer: Christian Anwander
 Fashion Editor: David Vandewal
 Hair: Andre Gun
 Make-up: Sil Bruinsma
Issue 52, Autumn 2014
 Noomi Rapace wears Balenciaga by Alexander Wang
 Photographer: Norbert Schoerner
 Fashion Editor: Sophia Neophitou 
 Hair: Lyndell Mansfield
 Make-up: Shinobu
Issue 54, Spring Summer 2015
 Guinevere Van Seenus wears Balenciaga by Alexander Wang
 Photographer: Thomas Lohr
 Fashion Editor: Sophia Neophitou 
 Hair: Tuan Anh Tran 
 Make-up: Fara Homidi
 
Issue 55, Autumn Winter 2015
 Meghan Collison wears Balenciaga by Alexander Wang
 Photographer: Richard Burbridge
 Fashion Editor: Sophia Neophitou 
 Hair: Yannick d’Is
 Make-up: Francelle
Issue 56, Spring Summer 2016
 Ia Wenedikter wears Balenciaga by Alexander Wang
 Photographer: Eric Nehr
 Fashion Editor: Hector Castro
 Hair: Ramona Eschbach
 Make-up: Karin Westerlund
Issue 57, Spring Summer 2016
 Maryam Malakpour wears Balenciaga by Demna Gvasalia
 Photographer: Marcelo Krasilic
 Fashion Editor: Sophia Neophitou
 Hair: Lyndell Mansfield 
 Make-up: Sharon Dowsett
Issue 58, Spring Summer 2017
 Hannah Elyse wears Balenciaga by Demna Gvasalia
 Photographer: Chad Moore
 Fashion Editor: Keegan Singh
 Hair & Make-up: Emma Greenwell
Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion is on at the V&A from 27th May to 18th February 2018
 
 