Stefano Tonchi, the editor of T Magazine, reporting from Paris on Balenciaga —

"Few designers have the capacity for synthesis that Nicolas Ghesquière displayed this morning in a show that was shorter than 10 minutes. His vision of a woman is so precise that she can go from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” to “Belle de Jour,” to manga heroine without ever leaving Balenciaga. It seems that what takes other designers so much soul searching just happens easily for Ghesquière. It leaves you wondering where it comes from: his mind, his soul, or his gut? Something very French, indeed.”