Balenciaga by Demna takes center stage in Paris with a free public exhibition from June 26th to July 9th, 2025, hosted at 40 rue de Sèvres—the Kering headquarters where Demna’s groundbreaking journey with the house began in 2015. Curated by Demna himself, Balenciaga by Demna is more than a retrospective; it’s a personal archive made public, tracing the arc of a designer who reshaped the fashion landscape.
This ambitious exhibition captures the essence of Balenciaga by Demna across ten transformative years, showcasing the silhouettes, archetypes, and provocations that came to define his era. Conceived in dialogue with his Spring/Summer 2026 collection, Exactitudes, the show highlights signatures like oversized tailoring, conceptual minimalism, and the cultural friction that fueled his most iconic collections.
Among the highlights of Balenciaga by Demna is his final ready-to-wear offering, which includes a surprise collaboration with Britney Spears. Here, nostalgia meets immediacy in a “see now, buy now” format that reflects the house’s evolving strategy. Another standout: the transformation of his classic hoodie into a sheer, form-fitting top—a distilled gesture of how streetwear under Balenciaga by Demna became luxury.
Timed with his final couture show, the exhibition is a bold closing statement. As Demna describes it, Balenciaga by Demna is a tribute to his collaborators and community—a decade defined not only by aesthetics, but by the people who made it matter.
Photography ARI VERSLUIS & ELLIE UYTTENBROEK, courtesy of BALENCIAGA