Balenciaga, an unfamiliar member of the Haute Couture world, is preparing to break new ground in the fashion world after a long break of 53 years.

The revolutionary collaboration between Jean Paul Gaultier and Chitose Abe.

For two years, I’ve been saying that I didn’t care about nostalgia. This season, though, it’s where it all started. I found myself wondering, again and again: What if you combined a little Manet; a little Lacroix; a little 1980s; a little 1880s; a little matador; a little space alien; a little Ingres; a little shimmer; a lot of color? Could I do it? And what would it look like?