According to Balenciaga’s Demna Gvasalia.
Not so long ago, Demna Gvasalia found himself at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, which looks like part of the yawning, gargantuan Warner Bros. lot was transported, hurricane-in-Kansas-direct-to-Oz style, from Hollywood; the particular place he was standing was, Gvasalia said, with a gravelly, approving laugh, like something out of American Horror Story. Turns out ideal spots are something he has been giving an awful lot of thought to, because days earlier, he’d been in Los Angeles, finalizing his first Balenciaga store, a schedule broken up with expeditions to find particularly inspiring vintage pieces, of which more later.