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- Oct 4, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Pierpaolo Piccioli Debuts at Balenciaga with 'The Heartbeat'
- Pierpaolo Piccioli presented his debut Balenciaga collection, titled The Heartbeat, on 4 October 2025 at the house's Paris headquarters, the former Hôpital Laennec[1]
- The roughly 15-minute spring/summer 2026 show closed the sixth day of Paris Fashion Week and marked a deliberate return to couture-inflected refinement after Demna's decade at the house[1][2]
- It was Piccioli's first collection since leaving Valentino in March 2024, where he had been creative director for 25 years[1]
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- [1]90%fashionunited.com/news/fashion/a-sublime-pierpaolo-piccioli-makes-balenciaga-chic-again/2025100668557fashionunited.com· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Oct 4, 2025 ✓· 80% of score
FashionUnited reports the show took place 'this past Saturday, October 4' at Paris Fashion Week, lasting 'just over 15 minutes'; no clock time was found on a page I fetched myself, so the pin is dated all-day.
- [2]80%Balenciaga SS26: Piccioli's Debut Pays Homage to the House's Eldershypebeast.com· Published Oct 5, 2025· 20% of score
Reviews the spring/summer 2026 debut, describing references to the 1957 Sack Dress and Piccioli's 'fringe embellishments, feathers, and ruched floral appliques' as a deliberate honouring of Balenciaga's and Demna's influences.[1]
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