For Balenciaga’s spring/summer 2023 show, mononymous designer Demna presented his collection atop mountains of mud piled into the stadium venue. Models stomped through the dirt, undoubtedly dirtying the clothes in the process. A once-in-a-lifetime sight to see, you might be thinking. Not if you’re Kim Kardashian.
Unable to make the Balenciaga show in person, Kardashian recreated the conditions herself. In a new series of photos uploaded to Instagram, Kardashian posed while lying down in the dirt, wearing a dress that resembled a series of dark belts, Alien-esque sunglasses, and a pair of black slides. She captioned the series, “When I couldn’t make it to the @balenciaga show @demna sent the show to me.”
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The belted dress was not in the collection, but, as my Vogue Runway colleague José Criales-Unzueta points out, it’s similar in tone to the finale gown, which was made to look like handbags Frankensteined together (many of the models also wore oversized belts). Kardashian’s bandage-style mini was far more Instagram ready, and we appreciate the dedication it took to recreate the show’s setting herself. Our only question is: did Demna send the dirt as well as the dress?
