PILE IT ON - A chic carpet is as essential as the latest bag
If there’s one piece of advice fashion has bestowed upon us in the last while – in addition to ‘your earrings cannot be long enough, your vinyl pants cannot be shiny enough and your choice of sleeve should always be fluted’ – it’s that nothing says status like a carpet with your name on it. Too lavish? Not where Balenciaga is concerned. The brand’s autumn winter 17 show, staged in Paris in March, put the best foot forward with a grey, Balenciaga-branded carpet. A surprisingly sleek move for a show that made a case for modern marshmallow-puff couture. We’re no stranger to a designer’s dalliance with pile of late.
