Paris Couture Week Blends Runway with Art: Fairy-Tales, Sculptures and Vampire Brides

Paris Haute Couture Week turned fashion into wearable art: Chanel staged a fairytale, vine-draped show with a live artist front and center; Dior’s Jonathan Anderson drew on sculptor Lynda Benglis’ work for sculptural gowns shown amid the Rodin grounds; Balenciaga’s Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered emotive, colorful volume. The program also spotlighted designers like Standing Ground and Manish Malhotra, plus art/archival detours at Alaïa Foundation and Nazareno, underscoring couture as art in a challenging luxury market.