Although filmed in front of its historic headquarters at 10 Avenue George V, and then photographed with Place Vendôme, the Arc de Triomphe and Haussmann-style facades in the background, Balenciaga’s latest collection doesn’t quite read “Emily in Paris.”
Sure, there’s the reworked Edith Piaf soundtrack, the asphalt sidewalks glossy from rain, and those postcard monuments adding a romantic je ne sais quoi.
Yet the…