Haute Couture: Demna bids farewell to Balenciaga

" Has the show started yet?! " a colleague whispered in our ear. This Wednesday, to make sure we didn't miss the Balenciaga show, the final couture collection by Demna, its artistic director for a decade but on his way to Gucci, we arrived a little early. Positioned next to the door, we were able to witness the entrance of a good number of the guests.

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Katy Perry, secretary glasses on her nose, in an off-the-shoulder tuxedo mini-dress; Lorde in a long mesh tank top worn over faded jeans; Yseult in a black look made from an accumulation of blouses; Naomi Watts in a fifties denim suit and her daughter Kai, ravishing in her little polka-dot taffeta dress; Aya Nakamura in a sheath dress cut to the hip with a long train held by an assistant; Michelle Yeoh in a very Blade Runner-esque shouldered jacket and straight skirt ensemble; Patrick Schwarzenegger, the darling of The White Lotus in a leather overcoat, black trousers and elongated derbies with…