To be an artist today is to walk the fine line between attention and erasure. Every gesture, every appearance, every image cast into the digital tide carries a double weight. At once fascination, and threat. Thus, to be idolised yet still insist on being human is, in itself, a quiet rebellion. It is the same defiance that animates all artists who wrestle with the contradictions of visibility. Perhaps this is why @balenciaga becomes such a fitting arena for figures like @pp.kritt and @tbzuyeon. Here, in the charged space between spectacle and self, they stood captured just moments after #Balenciaga’s 54th Couture show, and #Demna’s Balenciaga swansong, for our September 2025 issue. Stay tuned for more. Photography @zimingqin Creative Direction & Styling @izwanabdllh Interview & Production (Fashion) @manfred__lu Executive Producer (Photography) @franiese Production (Photography) @eo_iameo Production (Seoul) @seoyul_oh | @syproduction_official Grooming (PP) @jjaypink Hair (PP) @winchattra Grooming (JUYEON) @glosss_bobo Hair (JUYEON) @i_m.kd 1st AC @louisereinke 2nd AC @paridecamasso Production Assistant @giokaseii Retoucher @er_duod Production @studio_dot_comme Outfits @balenciaga 54th Couture #MensFolioxPPxJuyeon
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