All the It Girls Were Fake Naked at the Balenciaga Show

Some of the best dressed girls at Paris Fashion Week will be the top models. One of the cool parts about following fashion is that you start to see the same models over and over again, and while it’s rare that they break into super stardom like Naomi Campbell or Bella Hadid, they become some of the most influential faces in fashion because the people are super tapped in will recognize them and their differing personal styles. So when a model like Vittoria Ceretti gets to attend a runway show as a guest instead of working it as a model, you know the look will turn heads and set trends, and by then, who cares about the people who wouldn’t recognize her as an icon?

The Balenciaga show is always one that the world turns their headlights on for. If you don’t know the name Demna, that’s fine because without a doubt, there are looks in your memory that have his fingerprints all over them. All that’s to say: if you’re attending Balenciaga, especially if you’re front row, you know that the world is watching, and you’re dressed for the moment. At the Balenciaga Fall 2025 show yesterday, Vittoria Ceretti, Barbara Palvin, and Alessandra Ambrosio were in a very interesting kind of Trompe L’Oeil lingerie that is so Balenciaga, it’s as unexpected as it is to be expected. Palvin and Ambrosio each wore garments with lingerie printed directly onto them, while Ceretti wore a lace bodysuit and stockings underneath. I’m particularly gagged by Ambrosio’s styling, the lingerie tights with the casual navy boyfriend sweater is such an evocative vibe.

In an interview with W, Demna said, “This runway, which looks like a backstage corridor, is where everything begins in terms of what you and everybody else sees. Being constructed in the shape of a maze is symbolic because there are multiple ways you can take, and multiple destinations to which you can end by making this or that decision. There is a parallel to the moment in which we are right now, especially in the fashion industry. I think I’m missing fashion that feels urgent.”

That sense of urgency was very much there. He’s not alone. It seems a lot of the big CDs in the industry are collectively craving something delightful out of fashion because what’s in fashion—panicked trend chasing, dressing for an algorithm, wearing clothes that are as easy to digest as they are to dispose of—would leave anyone wanting to build a better fashion future.