Paris Haute Couture Week has wrapped up after four days of shows that featured the end of an era at Balenciaga, the start of a new one at Maison Margiela, and some surprise appearances and absences.

Schiaparelli’s latest experimentations with the human form included a pale caped dress with beaded eyeballs, a silky red gown with a back resembling a female torso and a jeweled necklace that looked — and beat — like a heart.

After a week’s pause following the men’s fashion shows, celebrities, editors and influencers were back in Paris to see bespoke collections from the likes of Chanel and Giambattista Valli.

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Sade’s “No Ordinary Love” was his chosen finale music — “It’s the soundtrack of my life since I was 10,” the Georgian designer revealed — and its lyrics also seemed to speak to all that he’s done for the house that Cristóbal Balenciaga built.

Thanks to her longstanding stylist Kollin Carter, Cardi B’s outfits this week have been rich with fantastical detailing and elements.

At his Maison Margiela debut, the highlight of the season, Glenn Martens arrived at relevance from the opposite direction. Whereas van Herpen grew algae, Martens played with the veneer of decay, referencing ‘nature morte’ paintings and bricolaged designs, many of which were made from deadstock, which challenged the idea of value.

Among the celebrities who gathered at the house’s haute couture salon on Avenue George V in Paris were Lauren Sánchez Bezos, fresh off her wedding to Jeff Bezos in Venice; Nicole Kidman; Lorde; Naomi Watts and her daughter Kai Schreiber; Cardi B; Michelle Yeoh; Salma Hayek Pinault; Patrick Schwarzenegger, and K-pop star Juyeon.

Lorde is on the couture circuit, attending the Chanel show on Tuesday and Demna’s swan song for Balenciaga the following day. But while she embraced a downright proper look for Chanel, the singer returned to her edgy ways for Balenciaga.

On Balenciaga's Paris Haute Couture Week's Fall/Winter 2025 runway, Kim Kardashian paired a nightgown with 250 carats of diamonds.

The designer’s farewell show came complete with Kim Kardashian, Nicole Kidman, Lauren Sanchez Bezos — and other greatest hits.

The designer showed his last collection for the house with Kim Kardashian, Sade, and a lot of heart