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