Reflecting on Demna’s Balenciaga | PLUS Vogue Editors on Anna Wintour's News
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.2 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
It’s hard to overstate Demna’s influence on fashion. From chunky “ugly” sneakers to oversized silhouettes dominating street style, Demna’s vision at Balenciaga has arguably reshaped the industry forever.
In the lead-up to his final couture show for Balenciaga—happening next week in Paris—Nicole Phelps invites Vogue Runway’s senior fashion news editor Laia Garcia-Furtado and fashion journalist and critic Sarah Mower to reflect on the legacy of Demna’s tenure. They trace his rise as a relatively unknown designer at Vetements to a global force who redefined luxury at Balenciaga. The conversation also explores what might lie ahead as Demna steps into his new role as creative director at Gucci.
Plus, Chioma and Chloe break down the biggest headlines of the week—from Anna Wintour’s announcement that she’s stepping down as editor-in-chief to Jonathan Anderson’s buzzworthy debut for Dior Homme in Paris.
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| 0:00.0 | this is the run-through i'm chloe mael and i'm chairmanardi today we are looking back |
| 0:10.7 | at demna's decade at valenciaga i like the sound of that um ahead of his final show for the house |
| 0:17.7 | which will be next week at the Couture shows in Paris. |
| 0:29.1 | Demna is obviously a powerhouse in our industry and has shaped pop culture and fashion in so many ways. Our co-host Nicole Phelps, as well as our fabulous Vogue colleagues, Laia Garcia Furtado and |
| 0:35.9 | Sarah Moer, break it all down in their conversation on Demna's legacy coming right up. |
| 0:41.7 | It's a really fun conversation, and those three women are so incisive and smart about the intersection of fashion and culture, and Demna really sort of embodies that to me. |
| 0:54.0 | So I was very excited to hear the three of |
| 0:56.0 | them parsing that through. Yeah, I can't wait to hear that conversation. |
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