The Best Looks of Fall/Winter 2022 Couture Week

Balenciaga

Let Demna Gvasalia shake up the sewing week schedule, once again. The creative director's second couture collection for the legendary house saw him embrace more vintage codes, as well as develop his bold, futuristic vision. The opening seems to reinvent the suit for the skin-tight neoprene red carpet. The t-shirts were finished in foil, hanging them in crumpled purgatory. The final pieces were gala-worthy dresses in a rainbow of colors, worn by (deep breath) Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid, Nicole Kidman, Christine Quinn (yes, of Selling Sunset fame), Naomi Campbell and Kim Kardashian. A mega-watt celebrity for a mega-watt couture show.—Kevin LeBlanc, Fashion Associate