It was announced today that after 15 years together, Nicolas Ghesquière and Balenciaga have made a joint decision to split. The split will be effective as of November 30th 2012. Ghesquière has been the Creative Director of the Paris Fashion House since 1997 so it came as SUCH a shock to the fashion industry when their split was announced earlier today.
Ghesquière is not short of followers and fans. Francois-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of the French luxury conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute said: "Nicolas has brought to Balenciaga an artistic contribution essential to the unique influence of the house." He is often photographed with beautiful celebrities wearing Balenciaga; above is Ghesquière with Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart and Diane Kruger.
Pictured above: a few shots from Nicolas Ghesquière's final Balenciaga Spring/Summer '13 collection.
The question is what will Ghesquière do next? And who will fill his very large, very successful shoes at Balenciaga?
Sian x
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